shawn on Nostr: > Do not obey in advance. > Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In ...

> 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.

https://lithub.com/resist-authoritarianism-by-refusing-to-obey-in-advance/