Rereading @TimothyDSnyder books, esp the 20Lessons... And thinking how relevant are these lessons in the increasingly strident era of Trump rally's & extraordinary divisions.
The patterns are all there.
Including how fragile truth & democratic society is. And how strong.
Each...
The patterns are all there.
Including how fragile truth & democratic society is. And how strong.
Each...
Each state of society, Strong or Weak, is based on a few core ideas & principles.
This book is a necessary read in these days. Short, but powerful, it demonstrates how our time is not unique, the world has fallen into this pit before.
What are the lessons, the truths that must
This book is a necessary read in these days. Short, but powerful, it demonstrates how our time is not unique, the world has fallen into this pit before.
What are the lessons, the truths that must
What are the truths and principles that must be understood and lived in order to avoid falling into the same pit in our days.
Nothing is exactly the same...the times are different and the modalities are different...but the underlying forces and principles are similar ...
Nothing is exactly the same...the times are different and the modalities are different...but the underlying forces and principles are similar ...
just as human nature is more or less similar. We are not so far removed from those days of horror not even 100yrs ago.
If anything our technologies have changed the context of our experience such that we think our experience is something new.
If anything our technologies have changed the context of our experience such that we think our experience is something new.
As such it contributes to the general feeling that "It cant happen here.".
But it can, it will, and in significant ways, already "it" is "happening here". Those same technologies become the familiar tools of propaganda, unrelenting lying, nonsensical divisions between people,
But it can, it will, and in significant ways, already "it" is "happening here". Those same technologies become the familiar tools of propaganda, unrelenting lying, nonsensical divisions between people,
families as well as friends...creating a state, in the public square, of Tribal affiliations that trump rationality, facts, and truth.
The book is one of concise, important clarity in these days of thick foggery & lying. A seminal work for our time.
timothysnyder.org/books/on-tyran…
The book is one of concise, important clarity in these days of thick foggery & lying. A seminal work for our time.
timothysnyder.org/books/on-tyran…
