Expect the unexpected in Italy's volatile election

The Italian problem is that the country is ungovernable (Expect the unexpected in Italy's volatile election, February 18). At a time when its economy is shrinking, the ranks of unemployed and underemployed are growing, and industries are being exported, Italians have a myriads of parties to select from, each with its own agenda, with feeble alliances and a confusing set of promises aimed at gaining popular support but that will plunge Italy further in the red.
Italy's major burdens are a corrupt and corruptible political and administrative systems, the vast influence organised crime has over the day-to-day life of Italians, massive tax evasion and a taxation system that encourages the black economy, continuous division between North and South, too close connection with the Church of Rome and with associated economic advantages for the Church, a healthy disregard for authority and 'doing the right thing', and an admiration for those that manage to escape taxes and the law (e.g. Berlusconi).
The situation will deteriorate further before it will improve, and will probably it will improve only when Ital will implode with consequences that will impact on the World economy. And it may even result in civil unrest and conflicts. The situation is not that dissimilar to the advent of Mussolini.
Time will tell, but the signs are not good.