Tramezzini

Making quasi-traditional Italian sandwiches and kale for dinner with some “Höga Kusten” beer, I am reminded of Fareed Zakaria’s words that “one of the biases of hindsight is to see the events of history as inevitable”. 

Now, political violence has erupted in Tunisia, which for long had been one of the few success stories of the Arabic spring (at least relatively speaking). Still, tied down by youth unemployment and the covid pandemic, the legitimacy of its democracy has been waning for some time. Just like in Lebanon, it seems much easier to know what one is against than taking responsibility for what one wants instead.