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On Tyranny Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

#1 The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, o...

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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

In the episode, Jon Stewart referenced the book as the source of a striking lesson that one should not obey a dictator in advance, highlighting it as the first of the author's twenty lessons on tyranny. He presented this insight as a powerful warning for the current political climate, underscoring the book's relevance. The discussion conveyed a strong endorsement of the book's historical perspective.

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Episode: Trump 2024: The Patriotism Paradox

This book was cited as the source for the powerful point that one should not obey a dictator in advance, which was presented as the first of its lessons.

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Tim Snyder has made the powerful point, you don't obey the dictator in advance.

It's the first of his 20 lessons from tyranny in the 20th century.

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