According to an alarming poll published recently by the leading Italian newspaper La Repubblica, more than 22% of Italians find no great differences between an authoritarian and a democratic system of government. Another 10% believe that an authoritarian regime is better and more effective than a democratic political system.
对此意大利主要报章《共和报》（La Repubblica）最近发布的一份民意调查则相当具有警示意义：有超过22%的意大利人认为独裁政权与民主政府没什么区别。而另外10%的人甚至认为独裁政权比民主政治系统更好也更有效率。