How do we stop our slide from democracy to autocracy?
If you would like a return to democratic practices I am wondering what practices you would like to see created, restored, maintained?
Timothy Snyder in his book, On Tyranny mentions 20 practices people can engage in to maintain and further develop our democracy the first of which is "Do not obey in advance." Trump and his minions have vowed "retribution" during their 2024 campaign and we have seen major institutions from media companies to universities to businesses capitulate hoping to placate the bully. Appeasement doesn't work as history has taught us. So people run scared and hide out, take a low profile, capitulate, obsequiously flatter, etc.
Passive resistance and non violent protests do work as Gandhi and King, Jr. demonstrated. Boycotts and strikes do work. Jesus allowed the Romans to crucify Him and he laughed in their faces saying, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." We're still talking about it 2,000 yrs. later. Who would have thunk it?
David Markham
https://www.markhamsslownews.com/
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