@janwwbosch The point is that every time someone goes private, it's a small act of anti-solidarity with people who need the public service. It all adds up. Not to mention the freeloading private companies that are now being subsidised by the state.
I can't remember which chapter in Snyder's book it was but he reminds us to (iirc) defend (public?) institutions.
Good find today. My neighborhood has a few #LittleFreeLibrary boxes with free books, give or take. Never had taken one until today.
Found a copy of #TimothySnyder 's #OnTyranny. Such a good, yet scary, small book! I have read library copies twice now.
Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
Whether real or fake, tyrants will utilize emergency events to consolidate power.
#IHIPNews speaks to #TimothySnyder author of #OnTyranny
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vpsxhIbCXQM&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1VUw%3D%3D
Working on creating a group activity for adults for a review of #OnTyranny by #TimothySnyder for an upcoming club meeting.
Iβd love to hear any ideas that folks have out there in the Fediverse!
So far, my ideas are rather boiler plate discussion which I think will work. However, I would love to come up with some more creative and interesting ideas too.
RE: https://mastodon.online/@jaykass/112135534775654824
Lesson 18 from #OnTyranny is very important to keep fresh in your mind on a day like today.
When war is ongoing, people will be asked to allow for emergency exceptions and will be told that they must not speak critically in the name of nationalist unity.
Now is the time to be ever more critical and question any attempt to expand power.
Maintain your ethics.
https://timothysnyder.org/books/
#OnTyranny #tyranny #books
Meanwhile, Mr. Lincoln has thoughts right now in D.C.:
tl;dr: This #video adds to what #TimothySnyder wrote in the addendum to #OnTyranny.
It's not that I disbelieved Timothy Snyder; it's that I listened to the #audiobook of On Tyranny when the rest of my bookclub read the physical book.
That audiobook had an entire bonus section with an additional twenty points centering #Ukraine. Timothy Snyder shared that he'd written these down the previous evening. I was not prepared to communicate about the additional material because it was seriously as long or longer than the original book. I'm sure there's an expanded version out there by now, but as an audiobook listener, I'll let y'all go find it.
Aside: When a random new-to-me channel shows up in my #YouTube feed, I check when it joined. If it's too recent, I pass, regardless of the content. This channel started in 2017.
Today, I was served the random video linked above that ties into Snyder's Ukraine content.
This video affirms everything Snyder said, and adds context like the difference between the #Russian and #Ukrainian #words associated with #power. Like the words for #money and #treasury. Being reminded that #Russia has #Mongol roots added the piece I was missing.
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