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LESSON 1: Do Not Obey In Advance
Timothy Snyder
The first lesson from Timothy Snyder's short video series accompanying On Tyranny, arguing that most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given when people comply in advance. It runs about eight minutes.
Linked in political threads as a short, accessible companion to Snyder's book and as a reminder not to obey in advance.
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