“I really would like men responsible for culture and teaching to remind that we Italians must take off this complex of inferiority that taught us, that is, that the Italians are good writers, good poets, good singers, good guitar players, good people, but do not have the skills of the great industrial organization. Remember, friends of other countries: they are the things that have made us believe. And we are an example of it.

These are the words that Enrico Mattei pronounced at the Hydrocarbons School of San Donato Milanese in 1961. Well, they are very current because they show that Italy is not only its food, its culture, tourism, beauty, but also and above all industrial ability, vision, courage to look forward. The bridge over the Strait of Messina, fortunately wanted by the Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini, is the epitome of that Matteian dream of industrial size and of Italy’s infrastructure ability. Some left defeatists are already doing the usual peana on costs and on the environment: all bales. The reality is that the left sees development, industrial and engineering advancement as something to fight with the weapons of wind turbines and happy decrease that subsidies and distributes poverty. Our DNA is different, and they will always remain poor communists.