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Rome753
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"Educate, then, at any rate; for the age of implicit self-sacrifice and instinctive virtues is already flitting far away from us, and the time is fast approaching when freedom, public peace, and social order itself will not be able to exist without education."
-Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America"

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Trashcanman
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Sound Familiar? Don‘t say you‘re not because we know what you are.

#ThewholethingIthinkitssick
#Gobacktosleep
#Dontsayyouarentbecausewekbowwhatyouare

AmyG Horrifyingly familiar. 5d
Leftcoastzen What @AmyG said 4d
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BC_Dittemore
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Naturally, Snyder‘s 20 rules on tyranny are pertinent & should be read & absorbed by everyone. But I am so grateful I was able to listen to this expanded edition. Snyder goes deep into the Ukraine/Russian War and how central Ukraine has been to history.

I learned so much & I cannot recommend this version enough.

Chrissyreadit adding to my audio tbr Thanks for sharing! #readingispolitical #antifabookclub 6d
BC_Dittemore @Chrissyreadit you won‘t be disappointed. 6d
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Rome753
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"There is a great difference between doing what one does not approve and feigning to approve what one does; the one is the necessary case of a week person, the other befits the temper of a lackey."
-Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America"

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Rome753
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"In absolute governments the great nobles who are nearest to the throne flatter the passions of the sovereign, and voluntarily truckle to his caprices. But the mass of the nation does not degrade itself by servitude: it often submits from weakness, from habit, or from ignorance, and sometimes from loyalty."
-Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America"

dabbe 🎯🩵🎯 2w
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Rome753
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"The corruption of men who have casually risen to power has a course and vulgar infection in it which renders it contagious to the multitude."
Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America"

AnnCrystal 😢🙏🏼🇺🇲. 2w
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Rome753
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""The will of the nation" is one of those expressions which have been most profusely abused by the wily and the despotic of every age. To the eyes of some it has been represented by the venal suffrages of a few of the satellites of power; to others by the votes of a timid or an interested minority; and some have even discovered it in the silence of a people, on the supposition that the fact of submission established the right of command."

Rome753 -Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America" 3w
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lil1inblue
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I am grateful to these folks, and many more not pictured, for fighting the good fight. Working with them has restored my hope and my faith in humanity. I am so proud to stand with them.

#thoughtsforthursday

Eggbeater You give me hope. Thank you. 💙 3w
AmyG 🙌🏻 3w
lil1inblue @Eggbeater That brings a tear to my eye. Thank you! 💓 3w
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lil1inblue @AmyG 💓 💓 💓 3w
TheBookHippie YAAAAAAAS!!!! 3w
Deblovestoread This! What we are fighting for 💙✊🏼💙 3w
dabbe HECK Y😍! 💙✊🏻💙 3w
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻 3w
lil1inblue @Deblovestoread 🩵🩵🩵 3w
lil1inblue @dabbe ✊🏻🩵✊🏻 3w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥲✊🏼💝. 3w
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 💓✊🏻💓 3w
Sace ❤️🤍💙 3w
Bookwomble Love this ❤️🤍💙 It also appears that those folks are mainly of the older generation (i.e., my age! 👴), which embiggens my heart even further 💓😊 3w
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Rome753
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"I do not mean that there is no deficiency of wealthy individuals in the United States; I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken stronger hold on the affections of men, and where the profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property."
-Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America"

Chrissyreadit perfect quote for the insanity of enriching billionaires and destroying a portion of the country! 3w
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Amiable
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I‘m a nonfiction geek, so these are the books that come to mind for when I need an emotional pep talk: Historians of fascism offer their guides to surviving and resisting America‘s recent turn towards authoritarianism. Because those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Thanks for the tag, @Chrissyreadit !
#overcomingevilempires #readingispolitical #antifabookclub

Deblovestoread Great suggestions. I didn‘t know about the Albright book. 4w
TheBookHippie @Deblovestoread it‘s really good I think you‘ll like it! 4w
TheBookHippie Yes to all of these!!! 4w
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dabbe Definitely on the nonfiction TBR! 🤩 4w
AnnCrystal 🫂 Really wish this wasn't the case 👏🏼🥲✊🏼🦅✌🏼📚💝. 4w
Chrissyreadit love these and need them on my nonfiction bookshelf 💛🎉🙌 4w
AmyG A friend just read the Albright book and said it was a must read. Great choices. 4w
dabbe #stacked all of them! 🤩 3w
AmyG My hold of the Richardson audiobook just came in. (edited) 3w
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