that, to keep your country as a small d, democratic country. it s the sort of book you don t forget. the lessons stick with you. lesson two, defend institutions. institutions help us preserve decency. they need our help as well. don t speak of our institutions unless you make them yours by acting on their behalf. i think about that all the time. all the time. when i saw a statement from former president trump today trying to redefine the insurrection he tried to pull off, president trump issued a statement today saying that actually the election itself was the insurrection. that was the crime. all that happened on january 6th was the protest against the criminally stolen election on november 3rd. when he said that today, i thought of tim snider s lesson ten from on tyranny which is believe in truth. quote, to abandon facts is to abandon freedom. if nothing is true, then no one can criticize power because there s no basis upon which to
other countries that saw the rise of authoritarian forms of governments even in countries where you wouldn t have expected it, and from those lessons, he affords very practical advice to keep your country from doing that, to keep your country as a small d., democratic country. it s the sort of book you don t forget. the lessons stick with you. lesson two, defend institutions. institutions help us preserve decency. they need our help as well. don t speak of our institutions unless you make them yours by acting on their behalf. i think about that all the time. all the time. when i saw a statement from former president trump today trying to redefine the insurrection he tried to pull off, president trump issued a statement today saying that actually the election itself was the insurrection. that was the crime. all that happened on january 6th was the protest against the criminally stolen election on november 3rd.