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The first of Timothy Snyder’s 20 lessons on tyranny is “Do not obey in advance.”
1. 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.
@corlin
I can't help but think of my local sheriff doing citizen trainings or "See something, say something," as examples of this.