Litsy

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

Apparently there are numbers of readers who do not understand the messaging in Fantasy. I am guessing if they did we would see more book bans…. cause a woman who thinks is dangerous.

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vivastory

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

First published in 2017 but just as relevant now, this concise & thought provoking book clocks in less than 2 hours on audio. But the lessons contained within are expansive & will stay with the reader. Highly recommended.

TheBookHippie Agree. A must read. Oy. 1w

vivastory @TheBookHippie Absolutely 💯 1w

Chrissyreadit 🙌🙌🙌 1w

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BarbaraBB I postponed it in 2017 but I guess there‘s no better time to read it than right now. Stacking. 1w

vivastory @BarbaraBB It's a quick read. I really liked the audio, read by Snyder. Some of it seems like preaching to the choir but other points were interesting enough to make me want to rec it. An important work IMO 1w

Leftcoastzen On permanent shelves, I read it again quite recently! 1w

Suet624 Bought it in 2016. I often wonder how Snyder feels considering that he‘s been talking about this for years. This recent election must‘ve just done him in. 1w

vivastory @Suet624 I had the same thought. I saw that there was an expanded edition after the invasion of Ukraine. 1w

Suet624 Oh! I‘ll have to take a peek at the library and see if they have it. 1w

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Leftcoastzen

On Freedom | Timothy Snyder

Starting this tonight with Sophie.His other book , “On Tyranny”is a must read ! Shorter than this one and a recent reread for me .

Mimi28 Cute kitty 🐈‍⬛ I am thinking of starting a #litsypetprayerbook is that bad or weird? Be honest. It would basically be a list of all the Litsy pets and their names and we could I dunno start a pen pal group about them or do it on here. We encourage each other why not do it for the pets also? 🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ 3w

AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 3w

AnnCrystal @Mimi28 I don't have a fur baby, but that sounds cute 💌🐈🐾💝. 3w

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3w

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wanderinglynn

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

If you think these firings won‘t affect you, you haven‘t been paying attention.

A friend who was fired today from the Dept. of Energy worked on projects with money appropriated by Congress. Projects that create American jobs, strengthen our country by improving the nation's electric grid, & advance industrial technologies that reduce pollution & keep us competitive with manufacturing abroad.

And this is just 1 person, 1 story.

Leftcoastzen Thank you for posting. I have many friends in government positions, fine people all doing a great job . Everything is in chaos. 1mo

AmyG Madness! 1mo

lil1inblue I've lost all words. So I'll just send virtual love and solidarity. 1mo

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Lesliereadsalot Somebody has to put a stop to this. We need heroes. 1mo

Jas16 It is too much to grasp. (edited) 1mo

Susanita I‘m so sorry about your friend. This demonization of government employees is disgusting. 1mo

Suet624 And are they slashing unemployment too? Will thousands of unemployed individuals make America great? It‘s unbearable. 1mo

Aims42 😢💔 I am so sorry about your friend. This current administration is going in with a machete when a scalpel is needed 1mo

Amiable I read an article that speculated an economic theory behind Trump‘s firing spree: less employed people = less consumer demand. Less demand can cool down inflation. If that starts dropping because of all this unemployment, the Fed may lower interest rates to keep the economy from face-planting. And who loves low interest rates more than Trump loves golden toilets? His wealthy donors, who can borrow tons of cheap money. It‘s Machiavellian. (edited) 1mo

ImperfectCJ Just sent a federal employee friend a supportive (I hope) message. This is a young person who didn't even know what a government shutdown was before I mentioned it to him. I feel for him with all of this wackiness. 1mo

kspenmoll 😱😱😱 Thank you for your post. I take pics to send to friends. (edited) 1mo

CoverToCoverGirl They are taking aim at us here in Canada and the rest of the world too. Watching the news is like watching a horror movie unfold. I‘m so sorry to see what‘s happening to my neighbours while also being concerned about my fellow Canadians. 😢 1mo

julesG @CoverToCoverGirl Same here in Germany. It's a dystopian novel being written right in front of us. We have a general election coming up and the US VP is chumming up to the German right-wing party leaders. ??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️ There's this German saying: "God(s) throw down some brains, or bricks, but make sure you hit your targets." 1mo

Larkken Thank you for your post. I am so confused at how awry my life has gone that the whims of two billionaires can determine whether I will lose a job I worked hard for years to qualify for. 1mo

wanderinglynn @lil1inblue thank you. 🤍 1mo

wanderinglynn @Aims42 thank you. 🤍 And yes, that‘s exactly what‘s happening. 1mo

wanderinglynn @ImperfectCJ so much confusion and chaos. Thank you – I‘m sure it helped. 🤍 1mo

Aims42 @Amiable Ding, ding, ding winner, winner, chicken dinner to that speculation. It tracks (edited) 1mo

Aims42 @Larkken Ugh, this sucks so much and shouldn‘t be a worry for anyone 😔💔 1mo

CoverToCoverGirl @julesG I saw that “speech”. Despicable. Evil and intolerance has many faces, his is just one. We are facing an election here too and the opposition party is right wing, and using vicious rhetoric saying our country is broken and only they can save it. We are not broken, they have a self serving agenda. 1mo

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LMJenkins

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

I am a book whore. I work at B&N and bring home something ALMOST EVERY SHIFT. It‘s a problem (but is it?). Here‘s today‘s haul, one of them is an ARC.

Pictures of my new bookshelf coming in a moment!

keys_on_fire I would be in so much trouble if I worked in a book store! 😆 1mo

Jess861 All the power to you - I could never work in a book store - I would have declared bankruptcy multiple times! 1mo

mom2bugnbee I didn't know about that Alu Hazelwood! 😍 1mo

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megnews

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

Slow start. Tagged was my favorite. Short but a must read.

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AllDebooks

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism | Martin Wolf

My February #BookSpinBingo reading plan. The tagged book is the first of my #Roll100 picks.
1 - 10 are #buddyreads

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo

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Bookish_Gal

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

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This is a simple book for anybody to understand. It takes 20 points, that felt significant, from the time of Nazi Germany and related them to today. The points are clear and concise, with just enough detail and historical context to understand. It‘s small, and pocket sized, for your connivence. For being originally written in 2016 (with updated points of 2020), there are incredible points that are comparable between Germany then and America today.

kspenmoll I read it in 2016. Interested in updates. 2mo

Bookish_Gal @kspenmoll Im not sure how different it would be, but I can say it didn‘t feel like an added on book. Only a few mentions of, basically, a president said this or did that in the years leading up to and into 2020. 2mo

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MissHel

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

Welp fam, this is gonna be a long haul (not the book; it‘s almost a pamphlet.) What do you do when you‘re scared? Read a book. Drink your water. Get some sleep.

Ruthiella Yup. I need to read this too. Courage! (edited) 2mo

MissHel @Ruthiella thank you! ❤️ 2mo

Leftcoastzen Essential read . 2mo

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