Friday, March 31, 2006
Demanding the possible posted by bat020
Remember that populism debate a few months back? Regarding the possibility of a "non-hysterical demand by the popular masses", I wrote:Here I'd suggest that the answer lies in the direct converse to the famous (and eminently hysterical) situationist graffito "Be realistic, demand the impossible!". Rather than formulate realistic but impossible demands, our "demands" must be unrealistic but nevertheless possible.
... which prompted this response from K-Punk. Anyways, with all that in mind, this photo from the ongoing French anti-CPE protests caught my eye...