The more I come to think about it, I have always seen Italy as the most beautiful and cultured country in the world and in many ways that opinion hasn't changed. However the more I grow up and read into various things I can now clearly see it has one of the darkest and sinister sides to it that other European countries in this modern age do not have. Why did these secret societies start? Why are normal Italians today so anti-state, I've always been lead to believe that all throughout the History of the peninsula since Roman times the state has always enriched itself and mistreated the people, causing them to be more individualistic and hostile to authority. Is that partially why many of these societies exist in Italy. It seems to me that Italians are very distrustful of each other and anyone in a position of authority and that is also why they are very family based. Does anyone know anything more on this matter?