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While in DC last month, I had to visit the Holocaust Museum. This was one of the first exhibits I saw there. I couldn‘t help but think of what‘s happening right now with our books, libraries and teachers.

“History does not repeat, but it does instruct.”

Informative, short, and to the point. Perfect introduction read for understanding society and politics.

Weitz selects four cases of genocides in the past century and dissect and analyze its politics. He explains how revolutionaries were able to seize power along with their rituals of violence.
It is a remarkable book that also warns about the dangers associated with nationalism and how someone or a group can channel national resentments to gain power and facilitate a brutal regime.

"The leader who dislikes the investigators is a potential tyrant."

"If tyrants feel no consequences for their actions in the three-dimensional world, nothing will change."

5 years later, and this book is still 100% relevant.

Every voting person should read this book. And vote. Definitely vote.

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Snyder has sort of distilled the essence of his greater works into a how-to (or how-not-to, as it were). Some very good points here. I‘ll definitely be revisiting this, and I would recommend it.

I listened to this because I wanted to better understand Russia‘s backslide (again) into a totalitarian regime. Gessen tells the story of the last 30+ years from the perspective of four different people, all born around the time when Russia should have become a democracy. Very well-written and smart, but also sad and terrifying.

Audio is narrated by the author, and they talk FAST. I had to slow down from my usual 2x. 😅

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I love me some George Orwell, so naturally I had to read this graphic novel that was adapted and illustrated by ODYR.
I loved the drawings, and the layout of the book flowed nicely... Definitely a GN I will be reading over and over again!