Lolo Upstart: OMG that's so true, over and over again. Which is why education is so important to control.

As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).

This is why fascism becomes popular in uncertain times? Ppl do this for stability?

Yep. The trajectory is most often: - progressive social change - cishet conservative anxiety over privilege loss - rising authoritarians promise return to golden age, - simplify complex social issues into us/them scapegoating, - insist on suspension of democratic norms to eliminate threat

OMG that's so true, over and over again. Which is why education is so important to control.

! Authoritarian attempt to control education in a fascist manner detected. Would you like to try approaching the subject a different way?

I believe they were indicating that, for the proto-totalitarians, they recognize that controlling education is important for their control, not that the person you are replying to thinks that.

Yes, I could have been more clear. I was thinking it's no wonder conservatives started their power grab with school boards. Strategic on many levels.

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