In the long story The old man in boots our writer gives us a perfect example. The protagonist, an almost anonymous Mr. Piscitello, has the misfortune of living in the days of fascism, a regime that he hates, because he has made Italy a kind of barracks, where even singers who sing badly can not be challenged . Unfortunately, however, he is also a municipal employee, so, at the insistence of his wife, adheres to fascism not to lose his job. The tragic conclusion will be that when the Anglo-American troops enter Italy, the only one to be fired on charges of being a fascist will be him.
Fear, therefore, the "quantum" that moves human action, as the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes had already guessed, is not always the counselor who makes things go the right way.