I am so alarmed by the speed in which legacy media crumbled and did the complete opposite of the first rule on fighting fascism. “Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more 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.”
I am so alarmed by the speed in which legacy media crumbled and did the complete opposite of the first rule on fighting fascism. “Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more 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.”
― Timothy Snyder