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How to kill democracy

July 25, 2020 By fredrichlariccia

“On Tyranny” author Tim Snyder, Yale historian, lays it out:

If you you want to rip the heart out of a democracy, you go after facts.  That’s what modern authoritarians do.

Step 1:  You lie.  All the time.

Step 2:  You say it’s your opponents and the journalists who lie.

Step 3:  Everyone looks around and says: “What is truth?  There is no truth.”  Then resistance is impossible and the game is over.

 

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  1. fredrichlariccia says

    July 25, 2020 at 7:55 am

    “The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow.” Tim Snyder, author of “The Road to Unfreedom.”

    • fredrichlariccia says

      July 25, 2020 at 8:21 am

      Three new “Freedom Walls” were built last night in Portland: The Wall of Moms, Wall of Dads and Wall of Vets

      Let’s see Trump’s Goons try to tear down THIS wall.

  2. Christopher says

    July 25, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    “But what is truth? Is truth unchanging law? We both have truths – are mine the same as yours?” – Pontius Pilate to Jesus in Jesus Christ, Superstar

  3. SomervilleTom says

    July 25, 2020 at 8:32 pm

    I think this is missing a crucial step:

    Step 0: You make the population ignorant. Reward illiteracy and innumeracy and punish those who love reading, writing and math. Destroy public education. Jail those who attempt to enlighten the public.

    • fredrichlariccia says

      July 26, 2020 at 6:48 am

      Do NOT go quietly into that fascist night.

      RESISIT !

      • fredrichlariccia says

        July 26, 2020 at 12:48 pm

        “Truth smashed down to the ground will rise again undaunted.” Rev Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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