The Old Truck on Tyranny.
Old Truck Good Coffee started during the Biden Administration and the run-up to a most uncertain election. We wanted to tell evocative stories of the interchanges (we avoid calling them “divides”) we see between America’s urban and rural spaces.
Now, we find ourselves…here. OTGC is called to speak to this moment from the human hearts all across these interchanges. This week kicks off a series inspired by Tim Snyder’s 2017 book On Tyrrany and the “20 Lessons” derived from his study.
Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.
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Read Timothy Snyder’s “Twenty Lessons on Fighting Tyranny.”
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