How can so many Italians be so stupid?

The latest news from Italy that the Italian National Election Remains Too Close to Call does not necessarily come as a schock. After all, other (bigger) democracies have had their share of wait and confusion for election results!

What surprises me, however is that so many Italians still support Berlusconi-the-Clown., and that it is a "nation split in two" - in two? Like moron-followers on the one hand and people with some common sense on the other? Ooops, I'm being dangerously binary here.

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