Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny, made a great point the other day on air MSNBC that there is no economic upside to autocracy-these companies kid themselves thinking it's a good investment to "both sides" - the autocrat will extract what he wants and then take what's left-there is no real "economy". Authoritarianism does not always n…
Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny, made a great point the other day on air MSNBC that there is no economic upside to autocracy-these companies kid themselves thinking it's a good investment to "both sides" - the autocrat will extract what he wants and then take what's left-there is no real "economy". Authoritarianism does not always need to take power, it is given freely by those who believe that by giving something they will get something, but in the end authoritarianism gives nothing. Rough paraphrase. Highly recommend Tim Snyder-terrifying to see how far down the path to fascism we really are
Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny, made a great point the other day on air MSNBC that there is no economic upside to autocracy-these companies kid themselves thinking it's a good investment to "both sides" - the autocrat will extract what he wants and then take what's left-there is no real "economy". Authoritarianism does not always need to take power, it is given freely by those who believe that by giving something they will get something, but in the end authoritarianism gives nothing. Rough paraphrase. Highly recommend Tim Snyder-terrifying to see how far down the path to fascism we really are
Too many do not understand the benefits of democracy. All they focus on is that democracy gives too much power to the “other”.
BHR-Indeed, that is the scary part. I still run into people on the left who aren’t fully understanding this!
What's BHR? I re-read the post you're replying to but didn't see anything that fits that acronym.
BHR ? Behavioral Health Response? I want to know what you are talking about.
O-oh I get it, a previous commenter. Yes, read and listen to Tim Snyder, expert on Ukraine.
He wrote a great piece “The Strongman Fantasy”. Be care for what wish for!!!