One manifestation of this is the nature of demonstrations which, as Hardt points out, have become more colorful, playful, joyful in recent times.
^^^^ CB: I'm not questioning your advocacy of lively demos.
However, I'm not sure that demos of the "past" were duller. I recall the million people in NYC in the early eighties demonstrating against nukes were very festive. Bread and Puppett and all that. I'm just posing a fact check.
Also, it might be awkward to be too joyous or playful at an anti-war or anti-lynching protest.
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