These words were written by the Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci in 1924.
He was jailed by Italian fascist leader Mussolini in 1926 to whom the ‘monsters’ is a coded but to us obvious reference. He died in prison in 1937
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.”
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God he was brilliant. And this is us, now. Again. I wonder how this will end up? Capitalism is collapsing, and the end of ‘civilisations’ are not pleasant for those caught up in it. I’m glad I’m old.