Have you heard the 20 lessons on Tyranny?

[goaded]

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1. Do not obey in advance.
2. Defend institutions.
3. Beware the one-party state.
4. Take responsibility for the face of the world.
5. Remember professional ethics.
6. Be wary of paramilitaries.
7. Be reflective if you must be armed.
8. Stand out.
9. Be kind to our language.
10. Believe in truth.
11. Investigate.
12. Make eye contact and small talk.
13. Practice corporeal politics.
14. Establish a private life.
15. Contribute to good causes.
16. Learn from peers in other countries.
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17. Listen for dangerous words.
18. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
19. Be a patriot.
20. Be as courageous as you can.

Explanations by the author here: https://snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny

[msmissydc]

This will never reach the right people but spread it like wildfire. Maybe they learn before its too late.
Generally super important for resistance though.

[NathanDavis]

I would have heard of it... if he listed them in under two minutes

[Friendlybro79]

You're the exact person who needs to watch the entire video and I mean that with respect @NathanDavis Our attention spans are so bad and we're so uninterested in listening to anything important because it's more than 120 seconds long.

[NathanDavis]

@Friendlybro79 I'm more of a reader... on this topics

if you find an article or a take on these topics, I would gladly read that instead, but... by the time I was 10 years old I had already read more on these matters than an adult person ever does in their entire life

so I might not be "exactly" what I seem to be because of this one answer of mine... lol

[Friendlybro79]

You bring up a great point. My apologies

[msmissydc]

If you are a reader, I can highly recommend the whole book:
ISBN13 9780804190114
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century www.goodreads.com/book/show/33917107-on-tyranny

[NathanDavis]

hmm... I really really don't like this premise, way way waaayy too condescending, alarmist and sensationalist too

“Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism and communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.”

I am not that much into biased or extremely leaning, reads... this one seems to be one of those, and I am not in any way a fan of Trump but... to demonize or compare current times to good ol' school fascism, it's definitely not for me

and I do say this as someone, who has actually lived in failed states, which are under actual tyrants in disguise...

[goaded]

Updates, just for you!

People were saying the same things as you in 1933 about Hitler.

The Republicans are literally discussing shutting down courts that disagree with Trump, even the ones they cheered as they made rulings against the Democrats. Innocent people are being deported to foreign prisons. People with a right to be in the country are being swept up off the streets by masked men and flown far from their lawyers and other support. Their (speech) crime? "Anti-Semitism": agreeing with the majority of Israelis that the violence in Gaza should stop.

"Adolf Hitler did not have to come to power. Indeed, during his 13-year quest for leadership of Germany, he almost failed many times.

In the end, however, his astonishing success showed how demagoguery could overcome potentially career-ending challenges—and profoundly change history. A determined strongman, not taken seriously by the elites but enabled by a core of passionate supporters, could bend events his way just as his country went into free-fall. Hitler’s seemingly improbable ascent is an object lesson in the volatility of history."
https://time.com/5884522/hitler-ascent-lesson/

[NathanDavis]

alright then...

see you at the beaches of Greenland... in
when? 2028, 2030?

[goaded]

I sincerely hope Americans wake up before he gets ultimate power. You know Trump is already talking seriously about methods to stay in power for a third term. Since the only version I can see that doesn't involve a constitutional amendment involves him being elected as Speaker of the House then the elected president and vice president standing down or being killed, he's a very dangerous man.

"Have you been presented with any potential plans that would allow you to serve a third term?" Welker wondered.

"Well, there are plans. There are — not plans," the president replied. "There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know."

"You don't sound like you're joking," Welker noted. "I've heard you joke about this a number of times."

"No, no, I'm not joking. I'm not joking," Trump insisted. "But, I'm not — it is far too early to think about it."
www.rawstory.com/trump-not-joking-third-term/

[NathanDavis]

Trump is nothing but a puppet... period

[goaded]

Maybe, but of other dangerous men. People who literally want to stop women and poor people voting. In the meantime, Trump is breaking laws left, right and centre.

[NathanDavis]

greed is different nowadays... totally different beast

[OddBeMe]

I have. I guess I see it as Tim's tweet instead of a book.

[DrPepper12]

Solid suggestions!! TY