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On Tyranny

Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

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On Tyranny

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History does not repeat, but it does instruct.

In the 20th century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. These were movements in which a leader or a party claimed to give voice to the people, promised to protect them from global existential threats, and rejected reason in favour of myth. European history shows us that societies can break, democracies can fall, ethics can collapse, and ordinary people can find themselves in unimaginable circumstances. History can familiarise, and it can warn. Today we are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to totalitarianism in the 20th century. But when the political order seems imperilled, our advantage is that we can learn from their experience to resist the advance of tyranny. Now is a good time to do so.

©2017 Timothy Snyder (P)2017 Random House 20th Century Democracy Fascism History & Theory Ideologies & Doctrines Modern Political Science Politics & Government
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A timely reminder of how to avoid the tyranny that is now at the front door of most peoples of the world. Knocking on all its guises.

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I would like to know if there will be an update which warns the populous of Biden and what the Democrats are doing.

As a South African, the reference to Trump was more funny than important, though I think that most people should learn to think for them selves and realise that all forms of media will be biased for / against government and learn to find as much of the story behind the stories as possible.

I noticed that the problems of BLM was not addressed directly, but if one follows the methods proposed and follow the money, you'll find it to be Dems using chaos for political gain.

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