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The jeweler case on social media: viral videos between real country and legal country

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A case of major resonance on social media has involved a jeweler named Roggero, whose online profiles generated a particularly high volume of engagement. According to available data, the published videos were viewed nearly 40 million times, with over 1.7 million likes and approximately 79,000 comments. The episode sparked a broad public debate.

Around this episode a political reflection has developed, centered on the pairing of "real country" and "legal country," an expression invoked by both conservative-leaning and progressive-leaning outlets, though with differing interpretations. The former highlighted the broad popular participation on social media as an expression of the so-called real country, while the latter described the use of this narrative as a political strategy of the right, aimed at contrasting popular sentiment with institutions.

The debate remains open regarding the actual political significance of the phenomenon: while the numbers confirm a high level of user involvement, the interpretation of the case as a tool for political mobilization or as a simple expression of public opinion does not find unanimous agreement among observers.