Systemic factionalism

Political factions in Italy are less concerned with putting forward proposals than with systematically criticizing what their opponents do.

And citizens, depending on the camp they've arbitrarily picked, find criticism of the "others" well founded and criticism of their own side unacceptable. It's an absurd attitude, yet people adopt it as if it were a martial duty, higher and beyond dispute.

In reality, most of the criticisms, whichever faction they're aimed at, have a grain of truth.
And it's equally true that, unless they come with proposals inspired by a far-sighted vision, they're completely unproductive.

Besides, criticism of your own work is a free favor from your opponent, and it could be used in a Machiavellian way to adjust your aim and beat them.

Alas, geniuses like Machiavelli haven't been born in Italy in a long time.

Drafted from Italian with Blog Translator, then revised by me.