In retrospect, 2011 was kind of like 1848.
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Replying to @jonathansmucker
If you had to pick a past analogy, that would be mine. "People's Spring."
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Replying to @zeynep
Yep use of the word "spring" is striking — & of course the unpreparedness of progressive forces + authoritarian consolidation that followed.
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Replying to @jonathansmucker
"Spring" isn't a coincidence. The person who coined "Arab Spring" meant it in the 1848 tradition directly...
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