MoiraEve on Nostr: Anticipatory Obedience. The term was coined by Yale Professor Timothy Snyder. In his ...
Anticipatory Obedience. The term was coined by Yale Professor Timothy Snyder. In his book, On Tyranny, he wrote:
“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”
“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”