Bets against the stereotypes that appear to be self-evident, bets against the Manichean black-and-white, of "with us differently from the others." It is not simple, nor merely literary, in front of such fake and ex-historical dilemmas, whether you exist or you do not exist in the sense that you are annulled, you are abolished.

And then, the greatest and most crucial bet, if you exist together with others, and not alone, in an autistic universe. Texts republished, revisited now and with certain additions, plus new ones, gathered in one volume, if indeed it is necessary, as I believe we should always return, just as reality keeps returning, or History as farce, as our Marxist education taught us, often however as an exact copy of the past, and then not farce at all, unfortunately, as reality itself teaches us again.

Memory exercises, on the other hand, one might say, against the beautification of the past, on the one hand, which is an inherent aspect of human nature, against the obviously ideologically motivated revisionism, on the other.

In the end, scattered records, like in a diary, not at all systematic, thus with all the subjectivity of its author.

This volume publishes texts about nationalism and racism, in their connection mainly to one of the most critical problems of our current society, our foreigners. To whom we are indebted; not only for their officially documented contribution to GDP growth, or for their decisive participation in major public works, such as the 2024 Olympics, and generally for their irreplaceable contribution to our daily life, from painting our houses to, mainly, the care of our helpless elderly.