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The mistake is to assume that rulers who came to power through institutions cannot change or destroy those very institutions—even when that is exactly what they have announced that they will do.
Timothy Snyder • On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Stand out. Someone has to. It is easy to follow along. It can feel strange to do or say something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom. Remember Rosa Parks. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow.
Timothy Snyder • On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Other forces were at work besides conformism. But without the conformists, the great atrocities would have been impossible.
Timothy Snyder • On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
The act of writing a memoir is not just about saying, “Look at me,” but rather about enabling yourself and defining who you are, in part by revisiting particularly fraught experiences, analyzing them from all angles and complicating them in the retelling.
archive.is • I Teach Memoir Writing. Don’t Outsource Your Life Story to A.I.
Capitalism, for Marx, is a world in which the worker is dominated by the products of his labor, which have taken on the shape of an alien being, capital.
Alex Callinicos • The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx
The symbols of today enable the reality of tomorrow. Notice the swastikas and the other signs of hate. Do not look away, and do not get used to them. Remove them yourself and set an example for others to do so.
Timothy Snyder • On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Be a good steward to your gifts.
Dani Shapiro • Still Writing
If you carry a weapon in public service, may God bless you and keep you. But know that evils of the past involved policemen and soldiers finding themselves, one day, doing irregular things. Be ready to say no.