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Zu #TimothySnyder, seinem Fluchtweg, seinem Buch _Über Tyrannei_: Seine Ratschläge sind – sorry – billig, während er als Angehöriger der "intellektuellen Klasse" privilegiert bleibt. Die meisten US-Amerikaner sind nicht in der Lage, den Staat zu verlassen, gefesselt an Jobs und Kredite, an die Alten und an Armut. Es ist eine Art Geste und Habitus, beruflich hypermobil zu sein. Ein Thomas Mann konnte Gedanken im Stil der Oberschicht produzieren, sein Bruder Heinrich verließ Nazi-Deutschland
“Yale professors, #TimothySnyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of #OnTyranny,
and #JasonStanley, a philosopher and the author of How #Fascism Works,
🔥move to #Canada”
(to positions at the University of Toronto). https://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03/stanley-from-yale-to-toronto.html
Someone just shared this with me. Holy shit. 🤯
“Yale professors, #TimothySnyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of #OnTyranny, and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of How #Fascism Works, move to #Canada” (to positions at the University of Toronto).
https://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03/stanley-from-yale-to-toronto.html
Timothy Snyder: Armored Ambulances for Ukrainian Medics
"People keep writing to ask what they can do to help Ukraine. The country's soldiers face renewed attacks from Russia. There is a simple way to make sure that more Ukrainian soldiers survive, and to send a message that we support them: by funding armored evacuation vehicles. I am announcing a campaign to do that right now."
Through the official Ukrainian site #United24
#Ukraine #TimothySnyder #RussiaUkraineWar
https://snyder.substack.com/p/armored-ambulances-for-ukrainian
"Be on your guard, I said, for the Evil One will never rests..."
#overtirannie #ontyranny #timothysnyder #norakrug #book #books #boek #history #geschiedenis #learnyourhistory #waroftheworld #jeffwayne #uitgeverijbalans
Essential #TimothySnyder: "Nothing is inevitable. Do not be alone and do not be dismayed. Find someone who is doing something you admire and join them."
Essential #TimothySnyder: "Nothing is inevitable. Do not be alone and do not be dismayed. Find someone who is doing something you admire and join them."
'Life is political, not because the world cares about how you feel, but because the world reacts to what you do. The minor choices we make are a kind of vote, making it more or less likely that free and fair elections will be held in the future. In the politics of the everyday, our words and gestures, or their absence, count very much.' ~ Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Which books have been an inspiration for you? While most of my reading is more for escaping reality than anything else, there are many books and book characters that have inspired me, both fiction and non-fiction 💜
#books #bookstafed #bookstagram #reading #booklover #bookquotes #bookphotography #books #timothysnyder #ontyranny
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the …
Snyder is one of the most lucid, clear eyed historians of his time. Reading this now for no particular reason. ROFL. It is a bit slighter than I would have liked - really more of an extended essay. But it is great food for thought.
I was quite shocked by this fragment of #Buitenhof, where #TimothySnyder is interviewed by #TwanHuys. I will probably be sharing this video for the upcoming four years.
If you think that loyal paramilitaries are dangerous in a rule of law state, please share this video far and wide. The interview is in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_HzpPYJAo&t=161
The part I'm talking about is only about two minutes, from 2:40 until 5:04.
"On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" by Timothy Snyder
Yale historian of Eastern Europe notes 20 lessons to learn from his study of totalitrian regimes for today. Written in 2017, it hits a bit harder in 2025. Reading it today for no particular reason.
Verdict: Snyder comes off as very self-assured, which may turn off some people. But the lessons are timely and still worth learning.
#books #bookstodon #politics #history #histodons #timothysnyder
After having posted Timothy Snyder's list of 13 steps to national destruction that he sees Trump taking with his Pete Hegseth nomination (the thread is linked below), I'm reviewing my notes from Snyder's On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017), which I read in September 2021. Here are some passages I marked:
"A Christian Reconstructionist war on Americans led from the Department of Defense is likely to break the United States." -- Timothy Snyder on Hegseth.
If and when the Senate does its job and has hearings, Snyder would be an excellent person to speak.
A Christian Reconstructionist war on Americans led from the Department of Defense is likely to break the United States.
Messages of hope are important:
”To regard freedom as central is #liberal. The conviction that freedom is about virtues is #conservative. The belief that structures gird values is #socialist. These three approaches to #politics are perfectly justified and complementary. They do not succeed in isolation. If they work at all, they work together.”
Timothy Snyder in ”On Freedom”
#bookstodon #amreading #timothysnyder #freedom
The always excellent Carole Cadwalladr gives us 20 maxims on how to act right and stand up to the broligarchy. Every one of these is valid, and collectively they help us turn despair into resilience.
With pertinent quotes from recent conversations she's had with #TimothySnyder and #ShoshanaZubof.
#CaroleCadwalladr #SurveillanceCapitalism #resistance #oligarchy #broligarchy #authoritarianism
