By Matt Perez
As Maria Popova put it,
That is what Beethoven imagined, and invited humanity to imagine, the choral finale of his ninth and final symphony, known as “Ode to Joy” — an epochal hymn of the possible…
According to this, Ludwig van Beethoven was a proto-Radical.
BTW, Maria’s post includes a video of the choral finale performed in a square in Sabadell, a catalonian town, in Spain. ∇ 
It really moved me to tears.
We are all people, we are all family.
Maria Popova. Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy“ Brought to Life in a Spanish Flashmob of 100 Musicians. <https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/07/ode-to-joy-flashmob/>