VIDEO | Vannacci continues the ‘fascist revival’ with the motto “He who flies is worth it…”
Attributed to Italo Balbo, the aviator and fascist hierarch, one of the leaders of the March on Rome
ROME – After the “Mussolini statesman” and the X Mas, General Roberto Vannacci continues his fascist revival. Today, during a meeting with the “representatives of civil society” (so says the invitation adorned with the tricolor) in the Prati district,the League candidate brought out a fascist motto. “He who flies is worth it, he who doesn’t fly is not worth it, he who is worth it and doesn’t fly is a coward,” he said to the hundred people who had gathered to listen to him. “It’s time to go flying and demonstrate your worth, throwing your heart over the obstacle, accepting the risks.”
Applause and laughter in the halls. From men and women who a few seconds earlier had welcomed him with shouts of “tithe, tithe!”. For Vannacci it is “an old saying” that “came back to him” because the organizer of the electoral buffet talked about the father general of the Air Force. History, the one least moved to the right, says otherwise.The motto is attributed to Italo Balbo, the aviator and fascist hierarch, one of the leaders of the March on Rome. The phrase was engraved in the monumental atrium of the Ministry of Air Force, inaugurated by Mussolini and Balbo on 28 September 1931. Pride of the twenty years of fascism.