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RÊVE GÉNÉRALE comes from a sticker distributed at a protest in the early 2000s, the kind you keep fondly in your teenage bedroom as a relic of your first political commitments. Over time, the slogan, which sounds like a Ska Punk song title, inspires a mixture of derision and sincere hope for an imminent uprising.
‘Toi et ta bande’ (You and your gang) are also found words. They are taken from a legal archive dating back to the Middle Ages when, in the Lausanne region, the authorities brought charges against a certain species of worms for destroying the crops of peasants who were then threatened by famine. Rather than giving bread to the population, a grand trial was organised against these underground enemies. In each region, on a day in August at 1 p.m. sharp, the sentence was pronounced in the fields, requiring the worms and their alleged leader to leave the territory within six days.
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RÊVE GÉNÉRALE comes from a sticker distributed at a protest in the early 2000s, the kind you keep fondly in your teenage bedroom as a relic of your first political commitments. Over time, the slogan, which sounds like a Ska Punk song title, inspires a mixture of derision and sincere hope for an imminent uprising.
‘Toi et ta bande’ (You and your gang) are also found words. They are taken from a legal archive dating back to the Middle Ages when, in the Lausanne region, the authorities brought charges against a certain species of worms for destroying the crops of peasants who were then threatened by famine. Rather than giving bread to the population, a grand trial was organised against these underground enemies. In each region, on a day in August at 1 p.m. sharp, the sentence was pronounced in the fields, requiring the worms and their alleged leader to leave the territory within six days.
It is no coincidence that this story resonates with the present day, and...More
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