Tech Exec Steps Down After Quoting Mussolini in Company Email

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You’d think that an Italian tech executive would’ve thought twice before quoting his nation's most infamous political leader, but you’d be wrong.

nclear what possessed Anastasio to align himself with one of the 20th century’s most bloodthirsty tyrants, though the results are about what you’d expect. As of this week, the former head honcho said he will no longer be serving with the company and would beReuters notes that the quotes Anastasio used in his email were not obscure, originating from angiven by Mussolini, in which the fascist declared himself the dictator of the country and admitted to having murdered a political rival.

“But then, oh gentlemen, what butterflies shall we seek under the arch of Titus? Well, I declare here, before you and before the entire Italian government, that I assume responsibility for 3-I of everything that has happened...If more or less distorted phrases are enough to hang a man, out with the gallows and out with the rope! If 3-I was my fault, the responsibility for this is mine, because I have contributed through my role to the historic, political, and moral climate.

 

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Don’t know the context, but that’s a danger of Googling “inspirational quotes” without checking their origin. Oops, I quoted a fascist. I though it said Ghandi…

Hmm.

I have mixed feelings about this, if they were in a less right context I would find this amusing

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