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The conflict... is fundamental to everyone's freedom.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[66],{"id":67,"tag":68},5286918,{"id":69,"tag_name":70},1359,"advantage","**The Backstory**\nFrancesco Rutelli, a former Italian politician and media critic, likely penned this quote in the early 2000s, a time when Silvio Berlusconi's influence on Italian media and politics was at its peak. Rutelli's comments reflect his concern about the concentration of power and the erosion of democratic values in the face of Berlusconi's media dominance. As a vocal critic of Berlusconi's regime, Rutelli was acutely aware of the challenges to democratic pluralism posed by the Italian Prime Minister's media empire.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nRutelli's quote reveals a paradoxical truth about the nature of conflict in a democratic society. On one hand, conflict is often seen as a threat to social cohesion and stability. 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