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Watch who the #Tyrant goes after. They will be the threats *against* tyranny. Find them, and support them. This might be individuals, institutions, movements.
We find them, we may have found our allies against tyranny.
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The tyrant does not care about how his actions benefit or harm the country. Do not try to understand how he can say and do all the absurd stuff. It is more than likely not 4D chess to make your country great, the #Tyrant probably does not mean all he says.
It is a loyalty test, not meant as a sensible position.
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Next step: The #tyrant must find people who are willing to do his bidding. This can be done by demanding public ass-kissing. Those who comply can be used to do the tyrants work.
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The #tyrant may want to
- purge people of integrity from key positions in society.
- run smear campaigns against people of integrity.
- strip key positions of power if they are impossible to remove.
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The would be #Tyrant needs to overcome two obstacles:
- People of integrity, people who can not be pressured. These enjoy trust from a lot of people.
- Mutual trust among citizens.
Resistance is only possible if you have people you can trust, in sufficient numbers, because #resistance needs to be organised.
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Tyranny comes in degrees. A would be #tyrant seeks to gain more power in his own hands in and to enrich himself.
Poor Emperor Donald, Infant Toddler
He'll be freaking out now that he has "competition" for most popular American in recent history (with a new American Pope).
PREDICTION: This will undo whatever's left of any 'inhibitions' in Sir #TrumpVirus. He will attack the "fake" Pope... and faith.
#evil #sin #criminal #tyrant #dictator vs. #religion #Pope #Christianity #civilization #humility #compassion #respect
Just as a savage will sacrifice his whole subsistence to his hunger, the despot sacrifices his authority to his love of power; his reign devours the reign of his successors.
[Comme le sauvage sacrifie sa subsistance à sa faim, le despote sacrifie sa puissance à son pouvoir; son règne dévore le règne de ses successeurs.]
Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French moralist, philosopher, essayist, poet
Pensées [Thoughts], ch. 14 “Des Gouvernements [On Governments],” ¶ 16 (1850 ed.) [tr. Lyttelton (1899), ch. 13, ¶ 7]
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/joubert-joseph/76393…
“Any body politic governed by a sovereign ruler accountable to nobody is in the hands of a sick man.”
Simone Weil, in “The Need for Roots.”
#SundaySentence #simoneweil @bookstodon #tyranny #tyrant #government
The word #tyrant is from #Latin tyrannus, meaning “lord, master, monarch, despot,” and ultimately from the Greek τύραννος (tyrannos), which meant “monarch, ruler of a polis” or “absolute ruler unlimited by law or #constitution”.
The Greek term possibly has origins from the Lydian tûran, meaning “lord”, referred to someone who seized power without #legal right, not necessarily ruling cruelly.
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>2 centuries later, the system…has comprehensively failed. The people & institutions that are supposed to check #ExecutivePower are refusing to restrain #Trump. We now have a de facto #tyrant who thinks he can bend reality to his will w/o taking any facts or evidence into consideration, & w/o listening to any contrary views. Although the economic damage…is easier to measure, he has inflicted the same level of harm to #scientific #research, #CivilLiberties, #healthcare, & the #CivilService.
@fonecokid@c.im
#Greenland should tear up their #Treaties with the #US and disconnect any water, electricity, and sewer going to our military base.
They should also destroy any roads and bridges leading to and from our military bases.
#Trump has threatened #WAR. His statements are the statements of a #tyrant and #dictator.
I'm serious.
If Greenland doesn't act now there won't be time for them to act when our planes start landing bringing supplies and munitions for Trump to take the Country by force.
#Europe also needs to step up here and deploy troops to Greenland.
Trump is insane and I wouldn't put it past him to use nuclear weapons. #USpol
RE: https://c.im/users/fonecokid/statuses/114251142954147325
C.IMZZ Bottom (@fonecokid@c.im)#News #NaziUSA bring them on, #Europe will reply in kind!
https://apnews.com/article/greenland-denmark-vance-visit-us-base-834785773189f2f12ec6b09f8c5a9321
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"The goal of this sort of kidnapping and hellish incarceration isn’t to clear the streets of criminals or promote public safety or even prevent immigration: it’s to create #terror. And it’s working.
This is a playbook as ancient as the world’s first kings...
every #tyrant throughout #history has used the threat of arrest and imprisonment as a way to force public compliance with their regime."
https://hartmannreport.com/p/she-stepped-onto-a-sidewalk-in-boston-a74
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Purim in the second term of the #Ahasuerus / #Haman administration:
Purim calls on us to emulate Esther, our model for saving communities threatened by the #corrupt #tyrant and his scheming, evil counselor. Our tradition demands that we intervene on behalf of #refugees, #asylumseekers, #LGBT, #women, #Ukraine, #veterans, #federalemployees, and all those targeted by #hate.
בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה .
As it was then, so it is today.
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That's the kind of person an overthrowing a tyrant resistance is made of.
Hey #Albo! Are we going to cut ties with #Trump’s #America or are we joining the #AxisOfEvil too?
Take a stand. Do the right thing. Or continue to be the #weak, #useless Prime Minister we’ve become accustomed to.
#FiveEyes is completely compromised, we have #US bases on our land, Trump routinely turns on “allies” - you think we’ll be treated any differently?
Stop #AUKUS, defend democracy & stop being a lapdog to a #tyrant & #RussianAsset. #auspol #USPol
#tyrant : specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects
- German: der Tyrann
- Italian: tiranno
- Portuguese: tirano
- Spanish: tirano
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