On 03 June, Yale Professor of History @TimothyDSnyder warned us that "The next few months will determine the future of our republic" and he tweeted each of these 20 lessons in a thread.
He is now tweeting them one-by-one with detail. Not as a #thread. I'm threading them.
He is now tweeting them one-by-one with detail. Not as a #thread. I'm threading them.
4/20. Take responsibility for the face of the world. #OnTyranny
Ditto: Don't get used to signs of hate.
Ditto: Don't get used to signs of hate.
7/20. Be reflective if you must be armed. #OnTyranny
10/20. Believe in truth. #OnTyranny
"To abandon facts is to abandon freedom."
"The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights."
"To abandon facts is to abandon freedom."
"The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights."
11/20. Investigate. #OnTyranny
(Me: think before sharing. Check before sharing. If it seems too good or bad to be true, it probably isn't)
Ditto: support print media to support investigative journalism
(Me: think before sharing. Check before sharing. If it seems too good or bad to be true, it probably isn't)
Ditto: support print media to support investigative journalism
13/20. Practice corporeal politics. #OnTyranny
"Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people."
"Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people."
16/20. Learn from peers in other countries. #OnTyranny
"The present difficulties in the United States are an element of a larger trend."
"The present difficulties in the United States are an element of a larger trend."
17/20. Listen for dangerous words. #OnTyranny
"Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception."
"Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception."
