Betsy

“Figure things out for yourself. Spend more time with long articles. Subsidize investigative journalism by subscribing to print media. Realize that some of what is on the internet is there to harm you. Learn about sites that investigate propaganda campaigns (some of which come from abroad). Take responsibility for what you communicate with others.”
― Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

“Ionesco’s aim was to help us see just how bizarre propaganda actually is, but how normal it seems to those who yield to it. By using the absurd image of the rhinoceros, Ionesco was trying to shock people into noticing the strangeness of what was actually happening.”
― Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

“Be as courageous as you can.

If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny.”
― Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

“If we have no control over who reads what and when, we have no ability to act in the present or plan for the future. Whoever can pierce your privacy can humiliate you and disrupt your relationships at will.”
― Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century