@nopuppet_007 14. Pay in cash.
15. Remember. If they try to normalize, let us try to denormalize. Let us hold on to facts, truths, values, norms, arrangements that are going to be under siege. Let us not forget what happened and why.
16. Find allies in unlikely places
17. There is such a thing as truth. Can the sceptic resist the tyrant?’ is one of the oldest questions in political philosophy. We can’t even fully recognise what tyranny is if we let the ruling powers get away with lying.
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18. Plan. We need a 30-year road map out of this.
19. Humour is a weapon. Any man who feels the need to build a rocket is not overconfident about his masculinity. Work with that. This is the Mel Brooks Rule.
20. They are not even Demi-gods, let alone gods. Even the Founders were not Demi-gods and said as such. Treat them accordingly.
I will always and boost this toot every time I see it.