The Old Truck on Tyranny.
This week continues a series inspired by Tim Snyder’s 2017 book On Tyranny and the “20 Lessons” derived from his study.
When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start wearing uniforms and marching around with torches and pictures of a leader, the end is nigh. When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.
Some notes, and the fabulous climax of Labyrinth:
Labyrinth is wiser and cooler a film than you may recall.
Stanford Prison Experiment is a fraud:
https://www.vox.com/2018/6/13/17449118/stanford-prison-experiment-fraud-psychology-replication.
Also the excellent podcast https://www.npr.org/2023/01/24/1151023362/when-things-fall-apart
Tongan castaways who lived cooperatively for over a year
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