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Eddie Dickey's avatar

As Timothy Snyder wrote in Lesson 17 (Listen to Dangerous words) in On Tyranny:

"The most intelligent of the Nazis, the legal theorist Carl Schmitt, explained in clear language the essence of fascist governance. The way to destroy all rules, he explained, was to focus on the idea of an exception".

Here, the 'exception' is the 'invasion'.

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Ann P's avatar

Timothy Snyder made his brand be “Do Not Obey in Advance”. Then immediately after Trump won the 2024 election, Snyder ran away to Canada. I no longer pay attention to anything that coward has to say, and I cancelled my subscription to his Substack. Andrew Weissmann is actually on a Trump administration hit list, and yet he remains here. Snyder is on no such list, but he now lives and works in Toronto. Snyder is not worth my time anymore.

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Eddie Dickey's avatar

I see. Well, my comment is more toward Stephen Miller following a Nazi playbook.

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