Geopolitics
Italy's Institutional Decay: A Cautionary Tale of Western Democracy's Empty Promises
Italy's formal democratic institutions retain high international rankings despite chronic political instability that has produced over 500 laws annually, creating legal complexity costing €110 billion in lost GDP yearly due to regulatory uncertainty. This institutional decay reveals how Western systems prioritize procedural democracy over actual governance effectiveness, mirroring the global south's critique of hollow Western institutionalism.
