• Italian town Filettino declares independence
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[quote] [IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/55140000/jpg/_55140231_012759403.jpg[/IMG] [i]Town mayor Luca Sellari has his own face printed on the money[/i] A small town in central Italy has declared its independence and started to print its own banknotes. The authorities in Filettino, 100km (70 miles) east of Rome, are protesting against austerity measures. It has only 550 inhabitants and under new rules aimed at cutting local administration costs it will be forced to merge with neighbouring Trevi. Town mayor Luca Sellari, who stands to lose his job because of the eurozone crisis, came up with the idea. He created his own currency, called the Fiorito. Banknotes have his head on the back, and they are already being used in local shops and being bought as souvenirs by tourists who have started to throng the normally quiet streets. The mayor says there is enormous enthusiasm about declaring the independence of the new principality. There has been such an outcry by small towns across Italy at the government move to abolish local councils and merge them with larger towns that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's coalition may be forced to backtrack. In the meantime the new Principality of Filettino - complete with coat of arms and website - is suddenly enjoying international fame. TV stations from as far afield as Russia have been running news features about Filettino. After all, the mayor says, Italy was once made up of dozens of principalities and dukedoms. As he says, the landlocked republic of San Marino still manages to survive, so why not Filettino?[/quote] Source: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14774526[/url] Not sure if late.
It'll probably do better than the rest of Italy.
[quote] It has only 550 inhabitants and under new rules aimed at cutting local administration costs it will be forced to merge with neighbouring Trevi. [/quote] If there is one thing Italy needs, it's that (not only local though, the whole system is shamefully inefficient even for a third world country).
Italy really never should've been its own country in the first place, personally-speaking. Unifying Italy destroys the dynamic of competition.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/M8tl2.jpg[/IMG] DOSH
[quote=Wikipedia]The independence movement created its own coat of arms (motto: "Nec flector, nec frangor" — we won't bow or break)[/quote] That's badass
I wonder is NATO and US will attack Italy if they try to stop them just like they did with Libya.
Totally moving there.
and so WW3 begins
So it appears that Italy may be reverting to its city-state ways several hundred years ago. If they are successful with their independence, then we could see a new country form (that is if they are not assimilated back into the rest of Italy).
[QUOTE=shrinkme;32097226][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/M8tl2.jpg[/IMG] DOSH[/QUOTE] DENAROOOOOO.
[QUOTE=Ogopogo;32097336]So it appears that Italy may be reverting to its city-state ways several hundred years ago. [/QUOTE] Actually Italy is only 150 years old.
Thats actually pretty cool.
[QUOTE=Chrille;32097397]Actually Italy is only 150 years old.[/QUOTE] I was referring to Italy as the area which the city states once inhabited. Back then what is now Italy was made up of city states where power was based upon the city's wealth among other things.
I say make every town and city independant, just lightly controlled by the Pope, like during the Renaissance and such. Smaller towns will come under rule of larger cities nearby, it'll be interesting to watch.
[img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/55140000/jpg/_55140231_012759403.jpg[/img] Our entire treasury.
[QUOTE=Ogopogo;32097448]I was referring to Italy as the area which the city states once inhabited. Back then what is now Italy was made up of city states where power was based upon the city's wealth among other things.[/QUOTE] It was basically a giant mobster-style country back then with powerful families trying to slit each other's throats. Now we're going to have a bunch of nations that are going to be the leading fashion in adidas tracksuits and slicked-back hair with the 'waste disposal business' the top industry.
[QUOTE=Spycrabz;32097452]I say make every town and city independant, just lightly controlled by the Pope, like during the Renaissance and such. Smaller towns will come under rule of larger cities nearby, it'll be interesting to watch.[/QUOTE]...By the pope...?
Now every single map is wrong as of today.
[QUOTE=Spycrabz;32097452]I say make every town and city independant, just lightly controlled by the Pope, like during the Renaissance and such. Smaller towns will come under rule of larger cities nearby, it'll be interesting to watch.[/QUOTE] Yes because we really want the fucking pope in charge of human lives.
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;32097526]Now every single map is wrong as of today.[/QUOTE] You can't be sure in that since it still needs to get approved by the other countries and ultimately by Italy. Unless US and Nato decide to "Liberate" them like in Libya which I really doubt.
[QUOTE=Ogopogo;32097448]I was referring to Italy as the area which the city states once inhabited. Back then what is now Italy was made up of city states where power was based upon the city's wealth among other things.[/QUOTE] I know, I just messed up some dates. I thought the city states lasted up until the unification. I was wrong.
I think the whole thing is just a publicity stunt to get more tourists into a dying town. And by the looks of it, it works!
This man is a genius. Hopefully, Italy's corrupt leader whose name I forget will try and take action, prompting some revolts around the country. He's been in power for far, far too long.
[QUOTE=Miskav;32097530]Yes because we really want the fucking pope in charge of human lives.[/QUOTE] Like I said, it would be interesting to watch :v: [sp]i wasnt actually being serious just look how renaissance italy turned out[/sp]
This is more of a protest-type action rather than an actual act of secession. There's plenty of anger from many municipalities regarding recently-passed austerity laws and its effects on the way a lot of municipalities may have to run with funding cut or slashed. Never mind the way people will have to handle their mail, water, electricity, healthcare, school, roads, etc. In cases of small towns like these, it means merging with larger towns to cut back on administration or what ever. A similar case that comes to mind was the so-called "Conch Republic" when Key West 'seceded' from the US back in the 80s to show its displeasure with changes to border control customs that was adversely hampering its tourism- and thus most of the city's revenue.
First Greece and now Italy are protesting against SPENDING LESS MONEY. I don't get it. They have so much dept the US looks wealthy compared to them.
They're protesting because their entire city will essentially become a small neighborhood. If my small US town was merged with nearby Garden Valley and Greenwood (which are actually smaller than us), all three of our towns would probably scream bloody murder to the county/state government.
[QUOTE=DarkendSky;32098426]They're protesting because their entire city will essentially become a small neighborhood. If my small US town was merged with nearby Garden Valley and Greenwood (which are actually smaller than us), all three of our towns would probably scream bloody murder to the county/state government.[/QUOTE] Why though? You'll still be living in the same place, you'll be living with the same people. Like in my area, we have 1 mayor for basically 12 towns/cities, yet we all still live in our respective towns.
[QUOTE=Robber;32098333]First Greece and now Italy are protesting against SPENDING LESS MONEY. I don't get it. They have so much dept the US looks wealthy compared to them.[/QUOTE] They're protesting because you can't cut your way out of a recession, it's just not possible.
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