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I kind of doubt anyone here needs this, but I myself only recently heard the term soixante-huitard for the first time.

Well, I suppose it could be worse. It could be the spirit of 1848. Or would that be better?

Il faut se dépêcher d'agir, on a le monde à reconstruire

by dconrad (drconrad {arobase} gmail {point} com) on Tue Dec 30th, 2008 at 02:13:10 AM EST
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I was hoping widespread nationalism à la 1848 would be a thing of the past rather than of the future...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Dec 30th, 2008 at 05:10:05 AM EST
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The only thing consistent with '68 is empowerment.  It's absolutely foolish to believe that these demonstrators in disparate countries and large crowds all have the same naive ideas, in fact I guarantee their views are very different on most matters (this is how they divide the left in the US).

Anytime a government ignores the views of the people through the established channels they run the risk of public demonstrations, it is merely a last resort of something which cannot be held down.

What do they want? To be heard.  Everything else is propaganda.

by paving on Tue Dec 30th, 2008 at 01:15:45 PM EST
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