grantaire @ the barricades, coincidentally also how i feel looking at american politics and trump becoming president again . i think the reason why les mis and enjoltaire still resonate w so many people is that it embodies the constant push and pull between hoping for and acting in the name of progress vs the feeling of helplessness as you watch things stay the same or regress. kind of acknowledging your own cynicism and trying to make your way out of it somehow, even if it feels like there’s nothing else to do or say.
















