I discuss the wider issue of consensus and how it has shaped modern Lebanese political history. I also reflect on the 1960s and why that decade is an anomaly when it comes to state building, neutrality and sovereignty.
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Music by Marc Codsi. Animation & illustration by Sana Chaaban.
