Overview
- In a Dec. 31 post on his blog and social channels, Grillo broke his public silence with an introspective message that praised silence as the highest form of presence and described himself as “posthumous.”
- He denounced “justice” as a solemn word waved like a flag and used as a club, saying truth and fairness often follow tortuous paths and timelines far from what appears right.
- He portrayed Italy’s political class as the same faces shuffling through the palaces like zombies, reviving an image he has used before.
- He called 2025 a year of subtraction that drained meaning from words and weakened the sense of shame, with people lying straight to camera without blinking.
- Coverage notes he is the founder and former guarantor of the Five Star Movement who was expelled a year ago, and that his post comes a few weeks after the eight‑year sentence for his son and his Genoese friends for group sexual violence.