Clive Thompson on Nostr: As ever, Timothy Snyder -- the historian of tyranny -- distills the moment perfectly ...
As ever, Timothy Snyder -- the historian of tyranny -- distills the moment perfectly
The key line:
"In general outline, the idea is to make the government as a whole dysfunctional, while preserving the parts of it than can intimidate and oppress citizens."
https://snyder.substack.com/p/kash-patels-plots 
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