Podcast: on Rule No. 2 of Snyder’s "Twenty Lessons for Fighting Tyranny."

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 is part of our series inspired by Tim Snyder’s 2017 book On Tyranny and the “20 Lessons” derived from his study.

Lesson 2: Defend institutions. It is institutions that help us to preserve decency. They need our help as well. Do not speak of “our institutions” unless you make them yours by acting on their behalf. Institutions do not protect themselves. So choose an institution you care about and take its side.

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No 2: Lifetime Librarians and Top Gun Pilots

Read Timothy Snyder’s “Twenty Lessons on Fighting Tyranny.”