“Cowardly billionaires at the Wash Post, LA Times have revealed how dictatorship can thrive, in the cynicism that the media and our other institutions can no longer be trusted
Rule No. 1 of fighting fascism — do not obey in advance — crumbles as major newspapers kill endorsements to appease #Trump.
Let's join with the heroes who refuse to obey in advance.”
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Billionaire cowards at Washington Post, L.A. Times show what life under a dictator is really like
Rule No. 1 of fighting fascism — do not obey in advance — crumbles as major newspapers kill endorsements to appease Trump.Will Bunch (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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in reply to Laffy • • •2/ “Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a 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.
— Yale historian Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny”
Emily Voted for #Harris
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