Sharon Machlis on Nostr: 💯agree with Stuart Stevens on this: By choosing not to endorse a candidate, the LA ...
💯agree with Stuart Stevens on this: By choosing not to endorse a candidate, the LA Times and Washington Post "are violating rule 1 of Timothy Snyder's warnings 'On Tyranny.'
"1. Do not obey in advance. 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."
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"1. Do not obey in advance. 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."
#USPolitics #USPol