"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