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scott⚡️mccloud@scottmccloud.bsky.social |
As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).
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Sage
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I should get a second copy of this to give away, thanks for the reminder!
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Lolo Upstart
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This is why fascism becomes popular in uncertain times? Ppl do this for stability?
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Keith M. Judge
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I once asked my cousin what he would have done if he had been alive in 1933 Germany, like our Oma and Opa. "There are only 4 possibilities," he said. "1) submit and adapt, 2) fight and live in constant danger, 3) flee, and 4) commit suicide."
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сънчо
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Policy_g
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The real test is when the federal government outlaws abortion. Will some states disobey? What will happen when they do? This is frankly what it’s all coming down to.
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Seth.
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So true! To me it makes me wonder if they are in allegiance with the opressive system they claim to want to fight. Since this behavior is basically just saying "yep we will do whatever you want :)"
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Possibly Henery Crun
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I try to walk the line, tho I've been corporate for many years. Don't self-censor, but do remember the human. And always, Wheaton's Law. Don't be a dick
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Jero
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State laws against diversity. Interesting perspective. I suppose you have two options with states like that, either leave them or you be more proactive in finding reasonable compromise with the other side, neither side has a monopoly on authoritarians.
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MagicMetalBird
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one of the most valuable lessons I learned in art school was that it's a lot easier to get forgiveness than it is to get permission
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Jackspryte
@jackspryte.bsky.social
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Amazing insight about authority.
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Kaia Vintr
@kaiavintr.bsky.social
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dissonance between "well-meaning" and pre-emptively cooperating with fascism...
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Andy Wood
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The Nerdy Lawyer
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We with autism have an advantage here: subtle hints that there will be trouble if we do/don't do X? Those go right over our heads and we keep on doing what we were doing.
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AnnieGTMD
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Such a great (v small) book!
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Lucy Anderson
@lucyluuuuuu.bsky.social
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Erich Fromm’s Escape From Freedom, too
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Michelle Lamb
@mlamb.bsky.social
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This rule reminds me of Scholastic Books and their total capitulation to a few book banners.
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Dwight Williams (💉x 8) + 😷
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Seeing similar nonsense being introduced in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and New Brunswick...I hope enough of *my* countryfolk have read that book to make a positive difference against said nonsense.
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David Knickerbocker
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Here is a good one about America First, which is what MAGA really is, even proclaimed by attendees of 1/6 on the morning of 1/6, right before their pathetic insurrection failed.
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Matt Weber
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I’ve been meaning to read this for ages—just checked it out of the library. Thanks for the reminder.
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Pre-COVID Social Distancer
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For anyone who wants to read more, I highly recommend the graphic novel version of On Tyranny. The text remains the same, you aren’t losing any of the message, but the visuals add a certain little something that somehow makes it even better
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Jimmy (Ø) Jim (Ø) James
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See sci-fi awards
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@natural-20.bsky.social
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Sort of like a pre-emptive panopticon response.
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KHW
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Republicans in Congress (and elsewhere in government) probably should have read this back in 2015.
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Jim Ottaviani
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Excellent and always timely quote. Recommended: the graphic edition illustrates by Nora Krug. Not completely/mostly comics, but comics where it’s helpful.
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Sarah Tobias
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Fear and a sense of lack create a reactive way of living. When we trust ourselves and trust that what we are doing is right, we continue to move forward through other people's fears and sense of lack. Be deliberate.
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KevDog
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That’s been on my mind as well.
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PeterTHooper
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As in, Resist Coercive Technologies, maybe? How many understand to do that?
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thulani | magikbeanshop
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📌
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divo 🎨
@rdivo.bsky.social
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omg its scott mccloud :) you wrote one of my fav books ever. i come back to chaps. 3 & 4 "blood in the gutter" & "time frames" so often it's insane
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Ted | 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 🏳️🌈
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This is a very good rule for most things in life.
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Filbi
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See also: the Comics Code Authority.
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Jean-Yves ジャンイヴJault ジョー
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Not that I am keen on adding to the list of concepts that are coined as quintessentially Japanese concepts using regular words in that language to make it sound exotic but are in fact quite mundane, but there *is* a word for doing this in Japanese: sontaku (in a way)
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Vailalamadness
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Democrats have totally failed as a party in states like Georgia and Missouri where the population is about half urban and half rural. Their ineptitude along with GOP gerrymandering has made state legislatures which should be 50% Democrat, totally controlled by the GOP.
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Brad Congdon
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Rule #1 makes me think of all the TSA employees who heard that Trump ordered a “Muslim ban” and started enforcing it without any questions, objections, or even preliminary directions.
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Menger Spongebob (🌕 SOFT-LANDED)
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> When the work is complete, when our hegemony is total, no one and nothing will act without our consent. ‘By volition’ will be a synonym for ‘by decree.’ The law of the Empire will live within every soul and cell.
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Colon Musk, CEO of GaceX
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EAFP
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Old Unreliable
@oldunreliable.bsky.social
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Don't show up at a central location to be deported. Don't get on any train.
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Mr French Fries
@mrfrenchfries.bsky.social
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The line between ‘people are stupid’ and ‘people are people’ isn’t a wall. It’s a bridge. The cynic? The nihilist? The moral relitavist? All human. Only the sociopath, the fascist, approaches agriculture/art like a tapeworm, assuming everyone is a tapeworm and no one has a colon.
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Tim Park
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Great book - a must read in these times
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❤️OccupyOneLove❤️ "K"
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Prof Snyder is a great scholar, communicator and Human!
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solomonchik
@msolomonchik.bsky.social
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May I repost this on my FB with attribution?
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OtterMoose
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please esp re self destructive
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Margaret Mitchell
@mmitchell.bsky.social
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This viewpoint seems like it would be all kinds of problematic for doing the "right thing" that isn't yet enshrined in law. E.g., trying to convince companies to proactively acquire consent to use creators' images.
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@flaneuse1.bsky.social
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I have that book on my bedside table to start tonight.
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@domvonstoesser.bsky.social
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In German we refer to this phenomenon as “vorauseilender Gehorsam” — obedience rushing off ahead.
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Santa Erik Riese
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Re-reading this everyday! I am enjoying how my copy (37th printing) has new information from my first edition printed in early January 2017.
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