Lessons for Now From History
Historian Tim Snyder says we don't pay enough attention to history. Well, he would, wouldn't he, but he seems to me to have some vital points. Basically, history tells us that free countries can 'go authoritarian' with great speed. Happened this weekend in Turkey, for example.
History never repeats exactly, but what has happened before can happen again, and often does. Snyder suggests 'it can happen here,' and offers a set of twenty lessons for what to think, and, very importantly, what to do. I'm going to put up a lesson a day. But, you can read all twenty right now, here. Or you might even buy Snyder's book. |
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Trust me; No anticipatory obedience here.
Everybody in my world well knows what I think of their king. Fuck you, Trump! |
Right on, brother!
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I'm in.....
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The Times They Are A Changing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qQ6_RV4VQ |
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Hey DQ
thanks for posting these. I do have to say I am feeling pretty stupid. I can read his remarks and follow maybe 50%. Then my mind goes off in a dozen directions wondering about all the different possibilities of what he "could" mean. Or more specifically, how it could apply to us. |
Thinking about a dozen directions is good. These are not cut and dried simple commandments, the author calls them 'lessons.' When you explore what they might mean to you, you think new thoughts and figure out stuff. These lessons are open-ended, so one need not expect to necessarily find the 'one answer,' as with a math problem. Each reader can go where they want and need to with them.
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Stand Against Racism Rally today in Dayton. 12-2, Courthouse Square. See you there! |
Not only power - age does much the same.
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There is only one truth, and it is true by itself, no one 'determines' it. The persons you name may tell the truth, or they may not. It's important to expect that they will, and hold them to account if they do not. |
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And, I think part of what Snyder is saying here is good relations with those around you is a defense against being a 'other' who can become a target for gossip and denunciation if the times become 'McCarthy-like.' |
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Lesson Twelve from Historian Tim Snyder
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Lesson Thirteen from Historian Tim Snyder
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It's really hard to fight stupid. |
If it were easy, we'd have a lot fewer problems.
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Lesson Fourteen from Historian Tim Snyder
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Lesson 20 From Historian Tim Snyder
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This concludes the 20 lessons as initially published on the web. Tim Snyder afterwards expanded them into a small book, which is well worth the reading. He takes the opportunity to change the lessons around a little, and adds essays, some quite substantial, with each one. Available on Amazon. I now think that Trump lacks the 'vision' and competence to take us to a full blown tyranny. But the danger is nonetheless real, and by no means over yet. |
Saw the good doctor on the Daily Show tonight.
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ON edit--scratch that link--turkey posted it sideways (pic rotated 90 degree--no kidding), and calls it 'fake news site.' |
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