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   • Jeff Atwood

   @codinghorror@infosec.exchange Yeah maybe he should start fucking working on a book called, "Do not obey in the past."

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     Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 10:46:50 JST Jeff Atwood

     "Timothy Snyder's "On Tyranny" identifies "Do not obey in advance" as its first principle – a crucial observation about how democracies erode. People often begin accommodating autocracy before it's fully arrived, self-censoring and stepping back from civic life not because they must, but because they assume they'll have to eventually. This anticipatory obedience, multiplied across millions, can accelerate democratic decline." https://merchpac.org/inaugurationday