apropos of uhhhhhhh everything, reposting this again

Sscottmccloud.bsky.socialOct 20, 2023 11:38pm

As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).

100% and plenty more lessons from the excellent source material: bookshop.org/p/books/on-t...

On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century a book by Timothy Snyder and Nora Krug

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder's lessons for surviving and resisting America's arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents of reno...

This is why the whole "We need guns to prevent tyranny" argument is dumb to me. Most countries that have had tyrannical governments welcomed them with applause, not resistance. Nazi Germany is the best example. Franco Spain is really the only one I can think of with significant pushback.

One of the most appalling things we'll witness if this comes to pass is how quickly people will bend the knee. The recent behavior of college administrators lines up scarily perfect with higher education in Nazi Germany.