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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

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4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ March 2025 Bookclub Pick

First half better than the 2nd half. Enjoyed that the author came with facts and made historical comparisons. Did not expect it to predict current day issues despite being published in 2017.

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Leftcoastzen So essential! 18h

oo_pamela_oo @Leftcoastzen Absolutely! A must for a personal library. 7h

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Brooke_H

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

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I've been meaning to read this since 2017, but kept putting it off. I had to wait awhile for my library hold to come in. So many people are reading this right now. 🤔

This is a succinct list of 20 lessons we (should) have learned from the last century on how to turn away from fascism and tyranny. I feel a need to keep running this info through my brain, so I have also placed holds on the audio and the graphic novel versions of this book.

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DMC_run8

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

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This book is short in stature and length. And now is a good time to read it. I finished it on a 3 hour flight with plenty of time to delve back into my other book.

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itsjustme40something

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

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TheBookHippie YAAAAAS!!! 2w

kspenmoll 💖💖💖 2w

Leftcoastzen 👏👏👏👏✊ 2w

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Chrissyreadit

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

Apparently there are numbers of readers who do not understand the messaging in Fantasy. I am guessing if they did we would see more book bans…. cause a woman who thinks is dangerous.

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vivastory

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

First published in 2017 but just as relevant now, this concise & thought provoking book clocks in less than 2 hours on audio. But the lessons contained within are expansive & will stay with the reader. Highly recommended.

TheBookHippie Agree. A must read. Oy. 2mo

vivastory @TheBookHippie Absolutely 💯 2mo

Chrissyreadit 🙌🙌🙌 2mo

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BarbaraBB I postponed it in 2017 but I guess there‘s no better time to read it than right now. Stacking. 2mo

vivastory @BarbaraBB It's a quick read. I really liked the audio, read by Snyder. Some of it seems like preaching to the choir but other points were interesting enough to make me want to rec it. An important work IMO 2mo

Leftcoastzen On permanent shelves, I read it again quite recently! 2mo

Suet624 Bought it in 2016. I often wonder how Snyder feels considering that he‘s been talking about this for years. This recent election must‘ve just done him in. 2mo

vivastory @Suet624 I had the same thought. I saw that there was an expanded edition after the invasion of Ukraine. 2mo

Suet624 Oh! I‘ll have to take a peek at the library and see if they have it. 2mo

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wanderinglynn

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

If you think these firings won‘t affect you, you haven‘t been paying attention.

A friend who was fired today from the Dept. of Energy worked on projects with money appropriated by Congress. Projects that create American jobs, strengthen our country by improving the nation's electric grid, & advance industrial technologies that reduce pollution & keep us competitive with manufacturing abroad.

And this is just 1 person, 1 story.

Leftcoastzen Thank you for posting. I have many friends in government positions, fine people all doing a great job . Everything is in chaos. 2mo

AmyG Madness! 2mo

lil1inblue I've lost all words. So I'll just send virtual love and solidarity. 2mo

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Lesliereadsalot Somebody has to put a stop to this. We need heroes. 2mo

Jas16 It is too much to grasp. (edited) 2mo

Susanita I‘m so sorry about your friend. This demonization of government employees is disgusting. 2mo

Suet624 And are they slashing unemployment too? Will thousands of unemployed individuals make America great? It‘s unbearable. 2mo

Aims42 😢💔 I am so sorry about your friend. This current administration is going in with a machete when a scalpel is needed 2mo

Amiable I read an article that speculated an economic theory behind Trump‘s firing spree: less employed people = less consumer demand. Less demand can cool down inflation. If that starts dropping because of all this unemployment, the Fed may lower interest rates to keep the economy from face-planting. And who loves low interest rates more than Trump loves golden toilets? His wealthy donors, who can borrow tons of cheap money. It‘s Machiavellian. (edited) 2mo

ImperfectCJ Just sent a federal employee friend a supportive (I hope) message. This is a young person who didn't even know what a government shutdown was before I mentioned it to him. I feel for him with all of this wackiness. 2mo

kspenmoll 😱😱😱 Thank you for your post. I take pics to send to friends. (edited) 2mo

CoverToCoverGirl They are taking aim at us here in Canada and the rest of the world too. Watching the news is like watching a horror movie unfold. I‘m so sorry to see what‘s happening to my neighbours while also being concerned about my fellow Canadians. 😢 2mo

julesG @CoverToCoverGirl Same here in Germany. It's a dystopian novel being written right in front of us. We have a general election coming up and the US VP is chumming up to the German right-wing party leaders. ??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️ There's this German saying: "God(s) throw down some brains, or bricks, but make sure you hit your targets." 2mo

Larkken Thank you for your post. I am so confused at how awry my life has gone that the whims of two billionaires can determine whether I will lose a job I worked hard for years to qualify for. 2mo

wanderinglynn @lil1inblue thank you. 🤍 2mo

wanderinglynn @Aims42 thank you. 🤍 And yes, that‘s exactly what‘s happening. 2mo

wanderinglynn @ImperfectCJ so much confusion and chaos. Thank you – I‘m sure it helped. 🤍 2mo

Aims42 @Amiable Ding, ding, ding winner, winner, chicken dinner to that speculation. It tracks (edited) 2mo

Aims42 @Larkken Ugh, this sucks so much and shouldn‘t be a worry for anyone 😔💔 2mo

CoverToCoverGirl @julesG I saw that “speech”. Despicable. Evil and intolerance has many faces, his is just one. We are facing an election here too and the opposition party is right wing, and using vicious rhetoric saying our country is broken and only they can save it. We are not broken, they have a self serving agenda. 2mo

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LMJenkins

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

I am a book whore. I work at B&N and bring home something ALMOST EVERY SHIFT. It‘s a problem (but is it?). Here‘s today‘s haul, one of them is an ARC.

Pictures of my new bookshelf coming in a moment!

keys_on_fire I would be in so much trouble if I worked in a book store! 😆 3mo

Jess861 All the power to you - I could never work in a book store - I would have declared bankruptcy multiple times! 3mo

mom2bugnbee I didn't know about that Alu Hazelwood! 😍 3mo

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