MAL COMUNE, MEZZO GAUDIO - 2

We, in Italy, thought we had reached the bottom end of ridiculousness, inefficiency and corruption when Berlusconi's government ruled.
Then the 1st and most powerful nation in the world, none other than the USA, elected a serial bankruptcy adventurer as their President.
We felt a little relieved that, after all, we weren't the worst placed in the list of MOST STUPID COUNTRY.

MAL COMUNE, MEZZO GAUDIO

This is an ancient saying and it means that if everyone suffers, the suffering is more tolerable.
I don't agree.
There are people who don't abide by the laws and they deserve the suffering
There are people who abide by the laws and still suffer: they didn't deserve it
People who, in these times, do not abide by laws and regulations should be sent not to a penitentiary but on an isolated island together with the others transgressors.
We have lots of abandonned islands in Italy...