The South can be defined as a great social disintegration. The peasants, who make up the great majority of its population, have no cohesion among themselves (of course, some exceptions…) […] This formula can be applied not only to the peasants, but also to the intellectuals.[…] Intellectuals develop slowly, far more slowly than any other social group, by their very nature and historical function. They represent the entire cultural tradition of a people. - author⁄Antonio Francesco Gramsci
from bib⁄Some Aspects of the Southern Question, in www⁄Selections from Political Writings 1921-1926