Editing Pier Paolo Pasolini (section)

=== Strong criticism of Christian Democracy ===
[[File:Pier Paolo Pasolini 1975.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Pasolini in 1975]]
Pasolini saw some continuity between the Fascist era and the post-war political system which was led by the Christian Democrats, describing the latter as "clerico-fascism" due to its use of the state as a repressive instrument and its manipulation of power: he saw the conditions among the Roman subproletariat in the ''borgate'' as an example of this, being marginalised and segregated socially and geographically as they were under Fascism, and in conflict with a criminal police force.<ref name="Wu Ming 2016" /> He also blamed the Christian Democrats for assimilating the values of consumer capitalism, contributing to what he saw as the erosion of human values.<ref name="od">{{cite web |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/pasolini_2982jsp/ |title=The life and death of Pier Paolo Pasolini |last=Andrews |first=Geoff |date=1 November 2005 |website=[[OpenDemocracy]] |access-date=7 November 2022}}</ref>

The [[1975 Italian regional elections]] saw the rise of the leftist parties, and dwelling on his blunt, ever more political approach and prophetic style during this period, he declared in ''Corriere della Sera'' that the time had come to put the most prominent Christian Democrat figures on trial, where they would need to be shown walking in handcuffs and led by the [[Carabinieri]]; he felt that this was the only way they could be removed from power.<ref name="od" /><ref name="Siciliano, Enzo. 2014, pp. 388-389">Siciliano, Enzo. 2014, pp. 388–389</ref> Pasolini charged the Christian Democratic leadership with being "riddled with Mafia influence", covering up a number of [[Years of Lead (Italy)|bombings by neo-fascists]], [[Operation Gladio#Italy|collaborating with the CIA]], and working with the CIA and the [[Italian Armed Forces]] to prevent the rise of the left.<ref name="guardian"/><ref name="od" />