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2020-03-17T20:31:22.788Z


The editorial of Figaro, by Bertrand de Saint-Vincent


This time we are there, you are there: at home, at home. Confined. Prisoners. It's the war.

The French, groggy, discover that the enemy they imagined to be virtual - shouldn't everything be, in the best of worlds? - is at their doors; and forbids them from going out. Operas, ballets, concerts, exhibitions, books, plays, films, the show is over. Stop driving, there is nothing to see: these are the instructions.

Confinement rings the knell of a civilization focused on leisure galore, travel, carefree evenings with friends. What to do when all social life is prohibited? Learn, relearn to live; other. With yourself, with your loved ones. Test of truth.

Under the shock of this historic explosion, many things will change. Behaviors will emerge, attitudes, new habits. The first constraint is to (re) take your time. Time to speak, to watch, to listen. In a world now closed,

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Source: lefigaro

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