On Tyranny

• A [[book]].
• [[author]] [[timothy snyder]]
• [[go]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Tyranny:_Twenty_Lessons_from_the_Twentieth_Century pull
  • "It focuses on the concept of [[tyranny]] in the context of the modern [[US]] [[politics]], analyzing what Snyder calls "America’s turn towards [[authoritarianism]]"".
• [[amazon]] https://www.amazon.com/Tyranny-Twenty-Lessons-Twentieth-Century/dp/0804190119

On Tyranny

Metadata

• Author: [[Timothy Snyder]]
• Full Title: On Tyranny
• Category: #books

Highlights

• In the politics of eternity, the seduction by a mythicized past prevents us from thinking about possible futures. The habit of dwelling on victimhood dulls the impulse of self-correction. Since the nation is defined by its inherent virtue rather than by its future potential, politics becomes a discussion of good and evil rather than a discussion of possible solutions to real problems. Since the crisis is permanent, the sense of emergency is always present; planning for the future seems impossible or even disloyal. How can we even think of reform when the enemy is always at the gate? (Location 785)
  • Tags: [[polarization]] [[politics]]

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  • An example Agora user journey. Here, with query [[tyrant]] while researching for current reading [[on tyranny]] I ended up reading about an interesting tyrannicide; thanks go to Wikipedia as usual :)