Rop Gonggrijp
Timothy Snyder (who has been consistently amazing throughout this crisis!) has written a very important article preparing people’s minds for what I fear is near-inevitable: a US equivalent to the Reichstag fire.

The Next Terrorist Attack
The Next Terrorist Attack

And What Comes After (Updated)

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Apr 20, 2025 at 9:02amWeb
Show threadJ$Apr 20, 2025
@rop.gonggri.jp “Modern tyranny is terror management.” Aye. No notes.
Show threadColumb DuffyApr 20, 2025
@rop.gonggri.jp excellent perspective as usual. It’s settling to read this and know there is life beyond the tyrants of today.
Show threadMinnesota 123456Apr 20, 2025

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Quote from Dr. Snyder’s article: “And any major attack, regardless of origin, would lead to the same kind terror management. The people in the White House have no governing skills, but they do have entertainment skills. They will seek to transform themselves from the villains of the story to the heroes, and in the process bring down the republic.”

#uspol

Show threadthomkennonApr 20, 2025
@rop.gonggri.jp The author fails to name the most crucial insight: state terror is the new ruling apparatus.
Show threadcontrasocialApr 20, 2025

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They are going to find an excuse to crackdown no matter what people do, which is why it's best to prepare for violence.

Show threadDopes The FrogmanApr 20, 2025
@contrasocial @rop.gonggri.jp this administration wants people to get emotional, because that will lead to violence. While it is best to be prepared for that, what WE the people want to show those idiots is a calm collective.
Show threadKid ManiaApr 20, 2025

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From the article:
"The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances..."

I could argue the so-called "checks and balances" have already been removed.
☠️ 🇺🇸 ☠️

Show threadFaraiweApr 20, 2025

@rop.gonggri.jp just wish he would publish somewhere OTHER than #substack, since substack directly supports and funds the fascism take over he talks about.

Really.

Show threadRobin BartonApr 20, 2025
@rop.gonggri.jp I have suspected this is the reason Trump wants to crash the economy as desperate people are easier to herd the direction you want. Another effective method is a false flag attack and then a war
Show threadThe Mïghty KräckenApr 20, 2025
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There's a ton of truth packed into these six words, "unreality inside key institutions degrades capability"
I think it could be generalized as, "Unreality degrades capability" and called Snyder's Law.
Show threadJustbeepApr 20, 2025

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For some time I was wondering his much disturbance #USA as a complex, but relatively stable and balanced social-political system can bear.   

Today it feels like we missed a loud scream "Exploit this situation" different kinds if actors may have been waiting for.

Like #Israel 's constitutional crisis preceding the Hamas attack in 2023.

But today this seems there may be more dangerous threat actors than Hamas  

Show threadsonja dolinsekApr 20, 2025
@rop.gonggri.jp "Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it."
Show threadskaphleApr 21, 2025

@sonjdol @rop.gonggri.jp The most popular fantasy documentary on the rise of #Fascism - #StarWars - showed exactly this manufactured crisis that allows the fascists to be given power. As the surprised democratic leader then said: "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause."

#Tyranny #uspol

Show threadMark R. StonemanApr 20, 2025
@rop.gonggri.jp @sonjdol Fortunately, they're pretty bad at everything they do.
Show threadOregon Wine WomanApr 24, 2025
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"18. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it."