To counter the nonsense and lies in the documentary screened in Venice, just two episodes of the TV series will suffice.

Once, when it was Marxist, it saw itself as the guardian and custodian of the laws of history. Now, after history had taken a different turn, it began to see itself as the guardian and custodian of ethics and even aesthetics. From Luigi Pintor’s ‘plebs’ to Stefano Bonaccini. 1994: the horror of those who go to nightclubs and football grounds, and the revolt of the elites

It was a joke, they say. Certainly not for the people who were vilified and marginalised. Censorship, trigger warnings and cultural appropriation, from Shakespeare to Beethoven, from Little Red Riding Hood to Picasso. Meanwhile, Trump expresses his gratitude

Neither the exclusion of Jews from Gay Pride, nor the blacklists targeting Jewish holidaymakers, nor the diktat issued by lecturers at La Sapienza University provoke any outrage. Even democratic culture turns a blind eye and a deaf ear