A Year of surviving Dangerously

Zdjęcie: Pierre-Antoine Demachy, „Święto Jedności i Zjednoczenia na placu Rewolucji”, ok. 1793 r. Źródło: Wikimedia Commons / Public domain


The banners of revolution have faded. No 1 dances the Carmagnoles any more. The French celebrate the fall of the Bastille out of habit, but deep down they are conservatives who are allergic to any change.