The Guardian view on Lebanon and Chile: too little, too late for protesters | Protest | The Guardian
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... governments lumber along, unable to seize the initiative or even to respond at pace – not least because it is hardly in the interests of the powerful to offer the kind of fundamental concessions which will only weaken that power. But when things have reached this stage, there is no easy exit. Leaders may reach for sticks or sticking plasters, but there cannot be short-term solutions to long-term structural problems.