... , Clerici was over-compensating for the shortcomings he had faced during his youth. Just like the prisoners in the cave, in Socrates' allegory of the cave, Clerici was uneducated and gullible enough to be influenced by the shadows, or veil of what was considered normal (definitely not child abuse or homosexuality), presented by the puppeteers. Over the course of the movie ... , or personal ideology, respectively. If it was not for himself, then why would Clerici have committed his life to Fascism? Italo cited Colonnello's reason for liking Clerici as Colonnello liking people similar to hi...

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