Bill is so right about the fatalist temptation of “No can do"; “It is what it is.” The first lesson in Timothy Snyder's book "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century" is "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 …
Bill is so right about the fatalist temptation of “No can do"; “It is what it is.” The first lesson in Timothy Snyder's book "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century" is "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."
Bill is so right about the fatalist temptation of “No can do"; “It is what it is.” The first lesson in Timothy Snyder's book "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century" is "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."