petersuber on Nostr: Update. I recommend Timothy Snyder's analysis of the #SouthKorea situation and its ...
Update. I recommend Timothy Snyder (nprofile…y3ya)'s analysis of the #SouthKorea situation and its lessons for the US.
https://snyder.substack.com/p/dictators-for-a-day
"The crucial element in South Korea was the reaction of citizens themselves. This involves not just members of political parties or trade unions…It was more the general sense throughout the country that this is not possible here, that we are not this kind of society, that we will have a republic and not a dictatorship. Do Americans have those reflexes?"
https://snyder.substack.com/p/dictators-for-a-day
"The crucial element in South Korea was the reaction of citizens themselves. This involves not just members of political parties or trade unions…It was more the general sense throughout the country that this is not possible here, that we are not this kind of society, that we will have a republic and not a dictatorship. Do Americans have those reflexes?"