So true and we're already SEEING how people are WILLING to bow down to a FASCIST DICTATOR all for the sake of MONEY or hoping that by some MIRACLE they won't be affected by the HELL Trump 2.0 will SOON RAIN DOWN on this Country! The MSM already SOLD OUT & bowed down him to HELP HIM WIN!
I don’t plan on obeying PERIOD ! Not in advance. Not never! I will perish on this hill if need be. I didn’t serve in our military. But it doesn’t mean I’m not prepared to give my life for our constitution and the people who honor it daily.Trump announced his candidacy 2 years early to avoid prison!
Dr Timothy Snyder’s
‘On Tyranny’ is a wonderful guide for all of us who care about our freedoms.
Our main stream media companies are dropping like flies. You know we can add them to State Media next year.
When we remain silent, we relinquish our power. History reveals the dire consequences: destruction and corruption. A government must serve the people, not corporations or their CEOs.
Deny their control. Defend our future. Depose the corrupt.
But then how do you get everyone to stop obeying the person in power at the same time.
You’ll need someone to organise that and convince them all it’s a good idea. Someone with charisma. You know, a real leader of men for them to get behind…
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I'm really tired of hearing people scream that "SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE ITS LITERALLY HUMAN CORPSES"
...only for the response to be "well that's obviously not true because my political party says it isn't and they would never betray me. That's just like uh, your opinion, man."
Do NOT give in and obey until you are forced to do so!!! Watching the tech gurus make their pilgrimages to Mar-A-Lago and pay their tributes is sickening! WHERE is the line between this and illegal campaign contributions, bribery or a mafia style "protection racket"?
I’d say once the authoritarian has got power anyway the idea here is to publicly look like you’re offering outright obedience and doing what they’d want in advance.
If you “look” obedient and supportive they’ll focus less on you and you have more private freedom to do what you want.
not likely. they havent so far, and have been so bastardized from any charitable reading of original intent as to become mechanisms for enforcing authoritarianism
Ah yes, like ABC, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, universities with DEI initiatives. Oh yeah, Lowe’s, Tractor Supply, Wal-Mart. I feel like we’re doomed.
ENFORCE SECTION 3 OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT!!! THE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO INSTALL AN INSURRECTIONIST WHO GOT NOOOO TRIAL!!!!! DEMOCRATS MUST NOT BREAK THEIR OATH TO THE CONSTITUTION. DONALD TRUMP CAN NOT BE PRESIDENT UNTIL HE HAS A TRAIL BEFORE GOD AND COUNTRY.
I’m reading this right now! “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,” by Timothy Snyder. Plz read this short (126 pp.) and important book. Another lesson:
Many! Govt. agencies - U.S. Dept. of State, FBI, NSA and Global Engagement Center (GEC). Graphika analyzes socials to id and track propaganda campaigns, including those originating from Russia and China. Insikt group; Fact-checking websites: Newsguard, Africa Check, IFCN.
https://bsky.app/profile/jefftrnka.bsky.social
This is essential advice. Authoritarians love to have people submissive to them in advance. Any legislator, or Governor meeting with Trump is perceived as submitting to him.
This principle is especially important for the officers and rank & file of our military and law enforcement organizations, who will be the first authoritarian weapon of choice for the evisceration of our Constitutional order. https://bsky.app/profile/silenciodogwood.bsky.social/post/3lcvglk2kdw2o
Fun fact:
UCMJ Art. 892 not only enjoins all service members to not obey unlawful orders, & specifically obligates service members with a DUTY TO DISOBEY such orders,*INCLUDING* orders from the Commander in Chief (POTUS).
Bonus: this actually happens in our military. It's uncommon but does happen.
Great point! Orders have to be lawful. Something that was reinforced post-Vietnam War. It’s not enough to say “well, that guy ordered me to kill everybody in the village”. You will go to jail for following an unlawful order.
Depends on the MOS. Where I worked you had slightly more advanced reasoning skills and cognitive functions, plus everyone I worked with had the "unlawful orders" business pounded into their heads to where they could recite it in their sleep.
I know this because I gave the PPT training and followup.
I got my copy back from my daughter recently— plan to post one a day on my FB page till the regime is coronated on Jan 20th. Plan to post Anti-Fascist updates until I get black-bagged!!! 🫶🏻🫡 🍀 good luck next year yall!!!
MSNBC (Morning Joe), CNN, TYT, Jeff Bezos, Bill Maher, TIME... and more that I can't think of at the moment.
ALL BENT AT THE KNEE and Obeyed in Advanced.
I have the 20 chapters in my front yard for all to see. Changed jobs just before the election. Debated about signing up for insurance- did it because-DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE. I have to walk the walk not just talk the talk. A lot could do with that $$ but he'll take it away soon enough.
Completely agree. Question is how to fight as an individual against this system. Completely disregard it or win within the system to help bring it down.
People are not responsible to each other nowadays, only to their immediate family and friends, and jobs. Everybody else is, “out of sight, out of mind“. So long as they are comfortable in their personal lives, the government can do whatever it wants, leaving minorities to suffer.
You know, it makes me wonder that all the msm news shows have had Dr. Snyder on discussing On Tyranny many times--I wonder if any of them have actually read his work--or any of his other works?
The most gratifying thing to me has been watching people from other countries learn about the American Healthcare system for the 1st time.
It’s like they walked in on America beating its wife.
And the news is America’s drinking buddy, saying, “You don’t understand, she was being a bitch!”
When I explained to my Brit cousins that conservatives in America weren’t just anti-immigrant but so rabidly “pro-life” that were denying abortion in the most extreme ways, they were appalled. It never occurred to them that ppl’d be racist AND Christofascist.
Racism and slavery has deep roots in all 3 Abrahamic religions. Hell, The Book of Deuteronomy outlines the logistics of buying and selling slaves.
Convincing people there is anything humanistic about those religions was their best trick.
The fucked to part? The one thing their book DOEN’T explicitly forbid is abortion. In fact, the Old Testament recommends “bitter water” to induce a miscarriage if infidelity is suspected.
Empower yourself with education (read, read, read!), vote with your dollar (consider never stepping foot in a Walmart ever again, for example), and get involved in your community (know your neighbors, volunteer). Keep dreaming of the world you wish to live in 💫
Mr. JeffTrnka: Of course, let's not obey in advance, but let's visit https://DCCC.org, in advance of special congressional elections, thanks to some likely resignations.🗽⚖️☮️
Obey what? In advance of what? The opposite side of this coin is "disobey afterwards" which makes no sense either. How about "seize the initiative?" and "Don't let yourself be used"?
Obey the authority (i.e. the Trump administration) in advance of being explicitly asked, as the body of the text makes clear. There are currently numerous examples of corporations & centrist media rolling over to comply with cryptofascist dictates-to-come and actively normalizing the far right wing
An action taken in advance of a request is not necessarily "obeying" is it? The word is pejorative in this context. Denying the "far right wing" an opportunity to act out a drama it will very much enjoy has its own set of merits, and to my view may prevent the normalization of such things.
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Never ever, ever, ever obey.
We are citizens, not subjects. They work for us! They need to obey us.
NEVER OBEY! Become ungovernable if necessary.
#FreeTheBear
‘On Tyranny’ is a wonderful guide for all of us who care about our freedoms.
Our main stream media companies are dropping like flies. You know we can add them to State Media next year.
OZ
Deny their control. Defend our future. Depose the corrupt.
#DenyDefendDepose
You’ll need someone to organise that and convince them all it’s a good idea. Someone with charisma. You know, a real leader of men for them to get behind…
Resist, rebel, NEVER give up! We, the People!!
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...only for the response to be "well that's obviously not true because my political party says it isn't and they would never betray me. That's just like uh, your opinion, man."
Fucking insanity.
If you “look” obedient and supportive they’ll focus less on you and you have more private freedom to do what you want.
This is essential advice. Authoritarians love to have people submissive to them in advance. Any legislator, or Governor meeting with Trump is perceived as submitting to him.
He got away with cryptic nuanced messages to coordinate Jan 6th there's no stopping police that will kill a Man under arrest over a fake $20 bill
More is coming local governments need to be aware
The FOP endorsed him
The people that need education are the ones that may not know their rights or speak English not the police and I mean that Speak Spanish
No one is coming for Eastern Europeans
UCMJ Art. 892 not only enjoins all service members to not obey unlawful orders, & specifically obligates service members with a DUTY TO DISOBEY such orders,*INCLUDING* orders from the Commander in Chief (POTUS).
Bonus: this actually happens in our military. It's uncommon but does happen.
I know this because I gave the PPT training and followup.
See rule One
ALL BENT AT THE KNEE and Obeyed in Advanced.
https://youtu.be/DQT0WaiP384?list=FLoWv_YErXZMqx-hb18innKA
Thank you for letting others know.🤦
I remember not understanding it (back before the right-wing coup), and looking around for examples of it so I could understand. Imagine that...
Don’t be like Wray.
It’s like they walked in on America beating its wife.
And the news is America’s drinking buddy, saying, “You don’t understand, she was being a bitch!”
Convincing people there is anything humanistic about those religions was their best trick.
All American Cowards. They all deserve to see their stock prices crater under the Orange Felon. And I believe they will.