The diaspora that doesn't know it is one
Armenians know they are a diaspora, and so do the Irish. Italians don't, yet beyond the borders lives another Italy as large as the one inside.
Giuseppe D. · 29 October 2026
Italy beyond Italy
Italy seen from the outside, with a geopolitical eye. By Giuseppe D.
Armenians know they are a diaspora, and so do the Irish. Italians don't, yet beyond the borders lives another Italy as large as the one inside.
The modern city was born as the factory's dormitory. Now that factories work in the dark, it has to learn to create wealth on its own.
In 2020 the people toppling Columbus statues thought they were striking at a conqueror. Without knowing it, they were also striking at the grandparents of millions of Italian Americans.
Leonardo becomes French, Columbus Spanish, Marco Polo Croatian. And meanwhile we forget even the ones nobody could dispute.
Every country needs a story to present itself to the world. Ours cannot be empire: it is the story of those who side with the weak.