"Do Not Obey in Advance": Timothy Snyder on How Corporate America Is Bending to Trump

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  • @DemocracyNow
    @DemocracyNow  Місяць тому +110

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    • @Linda_Almighty
      @Linda_Almighty Місяць тому +2

      ​@@Jon2396-wh3
      Sure beats the manipulative and deceiving Faux News, doesn't it?
      I know what God prefers! ⚖️🗽

    • @mnemosynevermont5524
      @mnemosynevermont5524 Місяць тому +6

      Judges across the nation need to trash all frivolous lawsuits and impose consequences, especially for lawyers who file them.

    • @Cwarnershspes72
      @Cwarnershspes72 Місяць тому

      Well You Don’t Say ‘ that’s just remarkable in every which way

    • @americaisdyingslowly
      @americaisdyingslowly Місяць тому

      And this wasn't a problem when Biden, Obama, Clinton ect. we're president? No, not at all, right?

    • @anguscampbell3020
      @anguscampbell3020 Місяць тому

      Good you had Tim Snyder on the podcast, wonder what he thinks of your god awful Ukraine takes that you've been running where you just regurgitate Russian propaganda.

  • @loisk6186
    @loisk6186 Місяць тому +299

    "One of the reasons why we have the absence of healthcare in this country that we do -- is to make people afraid and anxious and worried all of the time; and that is a kind of social wellspring for authoritarianism. It's harder to do the things you need to do politically if you're being dogged all the time by unnecessary fears and costs, and when you are sick when you don't have to be." - Timothy Snyder

    • @allanmckeown8417
      @allanmckeown8417 Місяць тому +22

      Keep the people scared to lose their jobs and healthcare and you've got control, thank heavens for the NHS. and sickpay, and 5 weeks holiday a year,,overtime pay ,time and a half or double time,,paid lunch, for one hour, maternity pay, and everything that makes our system better than the governments we're trying to emulate.

    • @yourturn777
      @yourturn777 Місяць тому

      & exactly WHAT DO BOTS MANUFACTURE? PROFITS FOR THE WEALTHY?​@microbe_rz37-rn1dk GET A REAL JOB, & STOP ACTING LIKE YOURE WORKING. MAY YOUR CARPAL TUNNEL DISABILITY CLAIM BE DENIED. AS well as EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, & MEDICAID COVERAGE.
      ITS CALLED REAL LIFE, YOU MUCK STIRRERS 🤮

    • @bencameron284
      @bencameron284 Місяць тому

      @microbe_rz37-rn1dk pathetic post

    • @donaldbeaudoin9022
      @donaldbeaudoin9022 Місяць тому +21

      To add to that, a paucity of health care protections confine workers to corporations, and limit upward and lateral mobility.

    • @dollarsmum3453
      @dollarsmum3453 Місяць тому +8

      @@loisk6186 brilliantly stated!

  • @TomBarrets
    @TomBarrets Місяць тому +134

    Do not obey in advance
    ABSOLUTELY!

    • @ugooko7569
      @ugooko7569 Місяць тому

      @@CarlGerhardt1 don't mind this sell outs when it comes to covid and every other liberal Agenda they always bend the knee

    • @clarencethompson2707
      @clarencethompson2707 Місяць тому

      GO to jail in advance.

    • @TomBarrets
      @TomBarrets Місяць тому

      @@clarencethompson2707 and collect $200?

    • @tgriffin3059
      @tgriffin3059 Місяць тому

      @@clarencethompson2707 Absolutely. They should include their addresses so we can round them up when we come for the immigrants...

    • @christopherjackson1822
      @christopherjackson1822 29 днів тому

      @@TomBarrets Obey by not obeying to common law 😂but instead to government appointed crisis actors . Crisis is coming and there is no daddy to run to cause he is the root cause . Slave court adjourned. Any further questions must be submitted via official forms .

  • @patfrench8046
    @patfrench8046 Місяць тому +249

    Resist. Dont buy anything unless you have to.

    • @mikewallace8087
      @mikewallace8087 Місяць тому

      Don't buy toilet paper , stay constipated .

    • @annefitz7346
      @annefitz7346 Місяць тому

      Boycott Amazon and Tesla! Stop conceding to consumerism. It’s just making these greedy cowards richer !

    • @judymawhorter7301
      @judymawhorter7301 Місяць тому +23

      But make your home a place you want to be and can be. Food for yourself and your animals .toiletries blankets comfort things to keep everyone sane. Things to do other than worry . Please take heed stock your own place up and know who is in your neighborhood that may need company,the elderly for instance. Make sure you have extra to donate or bake . Survive this chaos. Be prepared and chaos will die at your door. 😮😮😮

    • @wtfdoino605
      @wtfdoino605 Місяць тому +9

      Commerce will adapt to that behavior. You must reject their means of exchange.

    • @LG-cq4dy
      @LG-cq4dy Місяць тому +9

      Yep that is what I am doing I am working to a strict budget and selling stuff to bare minimum. Would love to fix house house further but why - it is good enough as it is.

  • @MieziMieziMiezi
    @MieziMieziMiezi Місяць тому +135

    Musk isn’t even elected.

    • @samf.s.7731
      @samf.s.7731 Місяць тому +23

      Yeah, but neither are a lot of people who actually call the shots through their donations.
      At least Musk is doing it out in the open, and this government is not doing it behind closed doors and under tables.
      You have a legitimate complaint, the problem is that it has always existed. What makes it any different now?
      They're Republican?

    • @batekrown
      @batekrown Місяць тому +18

      “Anything can be hacked, anything.” - elon

    • @SADRailsim
      @SADRailsim Місяць тому

      True, like all the others , Harris, European Commission, WEF, WHO, NATO, Gates, or is fhere a difference between good and bad billionaires? If so, than your opinion is just part of a cult.

    • @blerdyaheard
      @blerdyaheard Місяць тому +11

      When you're a billionaire, you don't need to be.

    • @MikeHunt-qu6sk
      @MikeHunt-qu6sk Місяць тому +6

      Elon's my favorite African American.

  • @TonyMidyett
    @TonyMidyett Місяць тому +255

    WORKERS MUST OWN AND CONTROL THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION.

    • @jackthomas2051
      @jackthomas2051 Місяць тому

      Only if you’re a dirty commie.

    • @SADRailsim
      @SADRailsim Місяць тому

      Then start a own business, and ask your government to stay away. That’s all, no need to try a Stalin 2.0.

    • @shannalee2520
      @shannalee2520 Місяць тому

      There are antiquated automated points in the wall separating Israeli farmers from Palestinian Farmers, and that is Trump's actual wall. Not the joke segments . RFID chips. You do not visibly see Elon's remote control animal starlink grid.

    • @shannalee2520
      @shannalee2520 Місяць тому +5

      X tra credit-
      The Royals love the,
      " cylindrical view of history into a unilinear pattern of successive ages, and provided medieval historians with their basic patterns of periodization." Europe in The Middle Ages 2nd edition.
      1.Why did King James rewrite The Bible and
      2.
      who was it rewritten for?
      3. What is every subsequent Internet available translation based off of?

    • @Jdigger4130
      @Jdigger4130 Місяць тому +8

      THEN BUY IT TONY!!!!! STOP YELLING and start DOING

  • @bpalpha
    @bpalpha Місяць тому +75

    The best government money can buy.

    • @georgefurman4371
      @georgefurman4371 Місяць тому

      The worst government the wealthy can corrupt to take over government after it is destroyed making it useless to serve as it did before. It took decades of brainwashing the American people into believing the government is the big bad wolf while the gop sabotaged government without the democrats challenging seriously the wealthy class for corrupting the political system .

    • @IknowMore-u8p
      @IknowMore-u8p Місяць тому +3

      That's strange You didn't have a problem with George Soros or Bill Gates😊

  • @AvivaAgnes
    @AvivaAgnes Місяць тому +161

    My main concern is how to survive all of these financial and political crisis, especially in light of the US political power scuffle. The government has really called things more difficult for its citizens, and we can't sit back and bear all the consequences of the bad governance.

    • @ColinPyke5123
      @ColinPyke5123 Місяць тому

      I think investors should always put their cash to work, especially In 2025, we'll start to see more market diversification. I'm hoping to invest about $350k of my savings in stocks against next year. Hope to make millions in 2025.

    • @BarbaraMia60
      @BarbaraMia60 Місяць тому

      I suggest that hiring a portfolio coach is a smart move and that in this case, patience is your best friend. I make a lot of investments and cannot afford to take the risk of doing it alone. Instead, since the rona outbreak began in late 2019, my portfolio has been maintained by a qualified advisor. I only need about $86k more to reach my one million dollar ROI goal

    • @YoungWillow36
      @YoungWillow36 Місяць тому

      Yes true, I have been in touch with a brokerage Advisor. With an initial starting reserve of $75k, my advisor chooses the entry and exit commands for my portfolio, which has grown to approximately $550k.

    • @EnocksonFerrall
      @EnocksonFerrall Місяць тому +1

      Please can you leave the info of your Investment advisor here? I'm in dire need for one

    • @YoungWillow36
      @YoungWillow36 Місяць тому +2

      Tracy Britt Cool Consulting... has always been at the top of my list.. She is regarded as a genius in her area and well knowledgeable about financial markets. I highly recommend you look her up if you want excellent collaboration.

  • @lfrost6718
    @lfrost6718 Місяць тому +20

    Resist any way you can. For us it is not buying and it is speaking up over and over again.

    • @lynnoble8229
      @lynnoble8229 Місяць тому +1

      And again, and again and again, louder and louder and louder!

  • @Simsim3e
    @Simsim3e Місяць тому +89

    1. Do not obey in advance.
    2. Defend institutions.
    3. Beware the one party state.
    4. Take responsibility for the face of the world.
    5. Remember professional ethics.
    6. Be wary of paramilitaries.
    7. Be reflective if you must be armed.
    8. STAND OUT.
    9. Be kind to our language.
    10. BELIEVE IN TRUTH.
    11. Investigate.
    12. Make eye contact and small talk.
    13. Practice corporeal politics.
    14. Establish a private life
    15. Contribute to good causes.
    16. Learn from peers in other countries.
    17. Listen for dangerous words.
    18. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
    19. Be a patriot.
    20. BE AS COURAGEOUS AS YOU CAN.

    • @Simsim3e
      @Simsim3e Місяць тому

      EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF FASCISM:
      💥POWERFUL AND CONTINUING
      NATIONALISM
      💥DISDAIN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
      💥IDENTIFICATION OF ENEMIES
      AS A UNIFYING CAUSE
      💥SUPREMACY OF THE MILITARY
      💥RAMPANT SEXISM
      💥CONTROLLED MASS MEDIA
      💥OBSESSION WITH NATIONAL SECURITY
      💥RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT
      INTERTWINED
      💥CORPORATE POWER PROTECTED
      💥LABOR POWER SUPPRESSED
      💥DISDAIN FOR INTELLECTUALS & THE ARTS OBSESSION WITH 💥CRIME & PUNISHMENT
      💥RAMPANT CRONYISM & CORRUPTION
      💥FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS

    • @Simsim3e
      @Simsim3e Місяць тому

      EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF FASCISM:
      POWERFUL AND CONTINUING
      NATIONALISM.
      DISDAIN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
      IDENTIFICATION OF ENEMIES
      AS A UNIFYING CAUSE.
      SUPREMACY OF THE MILITARY.
      RAMPANT SEXISM.
      CONTROLLED MASS MEDIA.
      OBSESSION WITH NATIONAL SECURITY.
      RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT
      INTERTWINED.
      CORPORATE POWER PROTECTED.
      LABOR POWER SUPPRESSED.
      DISDAIN FOR INTELLECTUALS & THE ARTS.
      OBSESSION WITH CRIME & PUNISHMENT.
      RAMPANT CRONYISM & CORRUPTION.
      FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS.

    • @nancychandler3673
      @nancychandler3673 Місяць тому +25

      Exactly why I'm a Democrat. The majority of the Democratic Party take small donors money. I adore AOC, Katie Porter, Elizabeth Warren. All Democrats.

    • @americaisdyingslowly
      @americaisdyingslowly Місяць тому

      Did you make this post when Obama and Biden were president?

    • @thesoundsmith
      @thesoundsmith Місяць тому

      Just remember that we ARE at WAR, with a VERY powerful group of anti-America, pro-corporate, pro-religious-interference fascists

  • @HillbillyHippyOG
    @HillbillyHippyOG Місяць тому +38

    It’s impossible to rule a healthy, secure, and prosperous people. ✌🏼

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому +3

      Yep tell that to governor gruesome

    • @LG-cq4dy
      @LG-cq4dy Місяць тому +3

      Switzerland seems to be doing great...and No.1 on the Innovation stakes.

    • @bioold8925
      @bioold8925 Місяць тому

      ​@@LG-cq4dybut also on a high rank in Europe with drugs, healthcare, real estate and destruction of environment problems. Thse people are suffering badly too.

    • @charshill2978
      @charshill2978 28 днів тому

      ​@@LG-cq4dythey have a smaller population, and invest in education which is essential for democracy to function.

    • @j.r.7476
      @j.r.7476 21 день тому

      ​​@YouilAushana the man who successfully runs the 6th largest economy in the world? I'd trust him before some honor-free bigot filth who's chosen to have no basic human worth.

  • @Woke_White_Woman
    @Woke_White_Woman Місяць тому +12

    Thank Goodness for Democracy Now and Timothy Snyder

  • @eugeneprovencio8125
    @eugeneprovencio8125 Місяць тому +46

    It’s for the rich by the rich.

    • @thesoundsmith
      @thesoundsmith Місяць тому

      But ti is NOT SUPPOSED TO BE!c That is the PROMISE of the Constitution, IT IS UP TO US TO SATISFY THAT STATE! Fight the power that tries to steal your rights. Remember to START AT THE TOP. This is NOT Chess, the King IS a legitimate target.

    • @91dodgespiritrt
      @91dodgespiritrt Місяць тому

      As long as they are NOT Jew rich - I will totally support them.

  • @AseRa444
    @AseRa444 Місяць тому +36

    He makes good points.

  • @stephanieking4444
    @stephanieking4444 Місяць тому +50

    Professor Snyder really understands what modern autocracy is about.
    His books "The road to Un-feedom" and "On Tyranny" are essential reads.

    • @nikkia6571
      @nikkia6571 Місяць тому

      That’s why he supports Zelensky, a man whose presidency ended in May 2024, and refused to call elections in Ukraine. Interesting.

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому

      I'll check out your Marxist rags.

  • @aatt3209
    @aatt3209 Місяць тому +104

    Snyder's book back in 2017 gave me hope and courage to endure the four years of trumpism. It's time to re-read this book.

    • @AMYV3
      @AMYV3 Місяць тому +11

      i’ll read it. thank you 😊

    • @anthony-7489
      @anthony-7489 Місяць тому +4

      Just read and ordered a few copies for family members

    • @End-Result
      @End-Result Місяць тому +1

      No it isn't

    • @christopherjackson1822
      @christopherjackson1822 Місяць тому

      Look at all the rights Biden gave us back that tRump took away

    • @Liam-k8k
      @Liam-k8k Місяць тому

      snyder the spyder ahahaha

  • @charlenef.9055
    @charlenef.9055 Місяць тому +30

    8:09 seemingly WHEN the world we live in is like a scene in one of these: Handmaids Tale; Idiocracy; Wag the Dog; Children of Men.
    16:35 the average person will fall for the con, the schpeel and malarkey of "Don the Con" or the billionaire class because they have the "pie in the sky dream" of becoming adjoined in that class one day so they're willing wanting and eager to surrender their self determination or rights of individualism to the control of the oligarchy. ( Timothy Snyder interpretation is clear ) and repetitions in history like a Great Depression and Rise of a Hitler type aren't so far fetched.

    • @yourturn777
      @yourturn777 Місяць тому +4

      I wouldnt want to "join that class" of people.
      I am aware of what is truly valuable. My sufferings do not compare to those of moral bankruptcy.

    • @user-dv1fp1gj7v
      @user-dv1fp1gj7v Місяць тому

      1984

    • @rjl5759
      @rjl5759 Місяць тому

      Dramatic much?
      Stay scared.

  • @curaticac5391
    @curaticac5391 Місяць тому +17

    "Corporate America" is disgusting indeed. But I lived in a communist country and I saw how easily people bow to tyranny, and not only the opportunists but even those who were perfectly aware of what a terrible reality tyranny was.

  • @kevinJmadsen
    @kevinJmadsen Місяць тому +45

    Two things bring on Autocratic Oligarchy, consolidation of wealth and evolutionary tribal behavior.

    • @nsbd90now
      @nsbd90now Місяць тому

      Evolutionary social behavior entails an ever-increasing expansion of "the group" to the humanity of all. This is de-evolution.

    • @yourturn777
      @yourturn777 Місяць тому

      Thank God our Tribe is BIGGER. NOW, REALISE THIS!!

    • @nsbd90now
      @nsbd90now Місяць тому +2

      I wonder why my response to you about how humanity's progress is an ever-expanding understanding of "the tribe" from local to all of humanity got deleted?

    • @ashamed2Byt
      @ashamed2Byt Місяць тому +6

      @@nsbd90now I agree with the concept of "tribe" as expanding to all of humanity, or at least it should. But, some people will always be narrow minded, racist, xenophobic, sexist, etc. ☹

    • @nsbd90now
      @nsbd90now Місяць тому

      @@ashamed2Byt Yeah. I've always been one of those idealistic fools who thought progress towards a Star Trek type of utopia was inevitable and natural. It is so shocking that we are regressing, and so quickly. And now I'm a doomster expecting everything to just get worse and worse.

  • @jgaffney567
    @jgaffney567 Місяць тому +51

    The problem being cult of personality and tribal behavior play a huge role ...add lack of critical thinking skills and walla

    • @edwardTisk-ix8nj
      @edwardTisk-ix8nj Місяць тому

      The majority is not a cult. The elite Left is a cult.

    • @rhetorical1488
      @rhetorical1488 Місяць тому

      so you prefer a demented president and kakkling border czar who cant find the border.

    • @SADRailsim
      @SADRailsim Місяць тому

      Harris cult of personality failed, the only difference.

    • @FM-ln2sb
      @FM-ln2sb Місяць тому +7

      You just summed it up for the Democratic Party.

    • @ashamed2Byt
      @ashamed2Byt Місяць тому +1

      @@FM-ln2sb It's your party that voted for Musk!!!

  • @AmericaRewind-db8ko
    @AmericaRewind-db8ko Місяць тому +23

    Great book and you can read it in an hour.

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому

      So it's like a children's book? _"My first indoctrination book!"_

  • @bkbland1626
    @bkbland1626 Місяць тому +59

    If ANYONE is "evil", it's the wealthy. Good action does not lead to wealth.

    • @RoxanneM-
      @RoxanneM- Місяць тому +3

      I think you are talking about Billionaires. Not, “the wealthy.”

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому +1

      That's exactly what I say about the college educated. _"You aren't helping. You just working your job"_

    • @ascensionenergetics85
      @ascensionenergetics85 Місяць тому +1

      Ridiculous

    • @Youtuber-xs9cp
      @Youtuber-xs9cp Місяць тому

      Like Yale professor,, Look how adjunct professors are treated

    • @power-corrupts
      @power-corrupts Місяць тому +1

      It is not money, but the pursuit of it that is the root of all evil.

  • @samsantucci1044
    @samsantucci1044 Місяць тому +16

    Scary times ahead for everyone! Truth will become a casualty in such a world!

    • @jansecj9472
      @jansecj9472 Місяць тому

      It already is, remember Biden talking about "40 beheaded babies"? All lies to enable a genocide.

  • @loisk6186
    @loisk6186 Місяць тому +94

    Thank you for having Timothy Snyder as your guest. He needs to be on the show once a week or so, plus on every network!

    • @chrisb9042
      @chrisb9042 Місяць тому +3

      agreed hes firey

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому +2

      Yep echo chamber

    • @User0resU-1
      @User0resU-1 Місяць тому +6

      No. He can't get past his own cognitive biases and prejudices.

    • @M.J.212
      @M.J.212 Місяць тому +2

      ​​@@User0resU-1Make your case how his comments weren't accurate or relevant.
      Merely making a subjective opinion doesn't actually prove anything.

    • @ugooko7569
      @ugooko7569 Місяць тому +1

      @@chrisb9042 where was he during covid?

  • @leliad7602
    @leliad7602 Місяць тому +16

    Where is Trump's real running mate, Vance? I have not seen him in the news since Musk shoved and jumped his way onto the scene? I can't imagine that he would allow himself to be pushed aside like this. Not that I want him and Trump running the country, but I'm just surprised that he has been absent from the news.

    • @rhetorical1488
      @rhetorical1488 Місяць тому +3

      maybe he is doing actual work instead of going on the view

    • @dev1ldog0331
      @dev1ldog0331 Місяць тому +6

      Where is the current President and Vice?

    • @patfrench8046
      @patfrench8046 Місяць тому +4

      He is locked in a closet

    • @MikeHunt-qu6sk
      @MikeHunt-qu6sk Місяць тому +1

      Easy, turbo. Trump hasn't even taken office yet.😊

    • @PamelaRunge
      @PamelaRunge Місяць тому +2

      He is getting permanent tattoo eyeliner!

  • @jenskruse1475
    @jenskruse1475 Місяць тому +17

    We are extremely in big trouble in the whole world

  • @AlmaMercer
    @AlmaMercer Місяць тому +12

    Thank you Amy I appreciate all of this

  • @All-Is-Water
    @All-Is-Water Місяць тому +29

    Thank you Timothy, your analysis is as welcome as ever.

  • @djyardlover6070
    @djyardlover6070 29 днів тому +3

    None of this would be happening if the media would keep talking about the congress and Senate people who are not doing their job and not holding the oath of office. They have to be held accountable by their constituents. So, the media, local and national, need to pound this information in the ground. Keep calling Musk the president and keep 47 agitated. Do background investigations on Musk and keep negativity about Musk in the news and on all social media platforms.

  • @zezeebetaa
    @zezeebetaa Місяць тому +7

    In the end we all are going to have to take a stand if we want a better country stand

  • @tfo4093
    @tfo4093 Місяць тому +33

    Snyder is a national treasure.

    • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
      @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx Місяць тому

      A treasure for the US empire. Snyder is a right-wing propagandist. For a serious analysis of his work, read the WSWS series 'Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship'.

    • @91dodgespiritrt
      @91dodgespiritrt Місяць тому

      Send him to Israel. WE have NO use for him.

  • @dollarsmum3453
    @dollarsmum3453 Місяць тому +26

    THANK YOU for this wisdom! I thank the Heavens for your seeking honesty!!

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому

      What has this guy done outside of academia and think tanks? I hardly doubt very much meaningful life experience at all. ❤

  • @andrewpierce1588
    @andrewpierce1588 Місяць тому +12

    Bending to him??? They put him there.

  • @anthony-7489
    @anthony-7489 Місяць тому +8

    “To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power because there is no basis upon which to do so”- Timothy Snyder , On Tyranny

  • @DR-nj5im
    @DR-nj5im Місяць тому +16

    Yeah, we need to do something alright. And I'd say we can start by being most aware of a most basic understanding of a most basic reality...
    The "reality" I mean is the absolute necessity of getting the influence of SELFISH INTERESTS OUT OF OUR POLITICS FOR GOOD. And we must, we MUST, throw off the yoke of doubt and apathy and embrace this truth: Wanting what is right, good, decent and fair is NOT radical. It is NOT "radical" to want the right thing to happen. And, as a really good example, a baseline of affordable healthcare for all is NOT radical; it's normal to want that.
    The reality is that we need to excerise our rights better: American citizens are guaranteed the right to assemble and comment, express and opine in any way, where, when and how we so choose.That right is not only #1, it is protected.
    So the sky is the limit as far I'm concerned. And nothing should be off the table. Polls show again and again what the majority of Americans want. And what we really want, much more often than not, is fairness and equality. Why? Because fairness and equality is right, good, AND normal. Fairness and equality is not harmful. Let me repeat: Fairness and equality is NOT harmful.
    So what is harmful then?
    No doubt about it: People; certain people who don't care; certain people willfully and actively working AGAINST fairness and equality; certain groups of individuals that don't want fairness and equality because IN-equality and UN-fairness towards you is great for them!
    We, as Americans, have to understand that that reality must NOT be a reality at all.
    There are people in America, fellow citizens, who believe they are special, who "legally" steal from others because they want to and because they can; they are entitled. Not only are these certain individuals against fairness and equality for everyone, THE WORK THEY DO PROVES IT. That makes them harmful, not helpful. That makes THEM the radical ones.
    My guess is, maybe Luigi Mangione also came to that very same basic understanding. Maybe Luigi came to the understanding that there are people high up in the world that are harmful to others; people high up who vastly increase the suffering of others for profit and personal gain; people who don't care about the basic values of fairness and equality.
    Absolutely, Mangione responded in the wrong way. But it's not hard to imagine the vairiables working within his mind that would break his mind: His persistent physical agony combined with the emotional pain of maybe one heart-breaking story too many; maybe about a young mother dying of an infection or cancer simply because she didn't have the proper coverage or the proper amount of money.
    Murder, no matter how you slice it, is not the answer.
    As Americans, fairness and equality is codified within our Constitution for OUR general welfare. We possess the inalienable right (the power) to excercise in ever more creative and affective ways our rejection of harms being perpetrated on all of us.
    And that exactly is what we must do: Work toward improvement, together. We must understand, assemble, strategize, create and do.The sky is the limit.

    • @dcs4219
      @dcs4219 Місяць тому

      well said. did you apply for a permit to assemble on 1/6/2025 or 1/20/2025? yeah thats what i thougt.

    • @DR-nj5im
      @DR-nj5im Місяць тому

      @dcs4219 Lol. I didn't think that far ahead. And besides, it doesn't have to be a public assembly.

  • @prescotthenry1727
    @prescotthenry1727 Місяць тому +26

    Sad to see the spoils of our democracy being divided up at the Florida Court of the Lying King!

    • @kellywright5282
      @kellywright5282 Місяць тому +1

      You have two coming to your forehead

    • @jamesbutterpillar
      @jamesbutterpillar Місяць тому +3

      ​@kellywright5282 what do you mean by that?

    • @SADRailsim
      @SADRailsim Місяць тому +3

      Which moral highground do you live? Democracy died long time ago when they place it on the altar of their own rightiousness.

    • @MikeHunt-qu6sk
      @MikeHunt-qu6sk Місяць тому

      Exactly what are the spoils that are being divided up? I'd like to be informed. 🤔

    • @rambleon2838
      @rambleon2838 Місяць тому

      @@jamesbutterpillar looks like a terrorist threat to me, doesn't it?

  • @danielwhite1923
    @danielwhite1923 Місяць тому +15

    The disqualified guy is still disqualified.

    • @georgefurman4371
      @georgefurman4371 Місяць тому +2

      Obviously is qualified for the wealthy corporate class that knows he is the perfect champion of their interests to keep hoarding wealth unlimited without a burdensome regulating government on the way of their greed.

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому

      ​@@georgefurman4371 yep government that does do what Clinton did you complete useful idiots. Pay off your college funds

    • @christopherjackson1822
      @christopherjackson1822 Місяць тому

      Disqualified by the popular vote ! America wake up !

  • @nancychandler3673
    @nancychandler3673 Місяць тому +15

    We are blessed to have Timothy Snyder in the Democratic Party 💙 🇺🇸

    • @mikewallace8087
      @mikewallace8087 Місяць тому

      Your party is choking freedoms and expendable cash from our lives.

    • @christopherjackson1822
      @christopherjackson1822 Місяць тому +1

      Don’t forget the billion blessings from George Soros 🇺🇸

  • @nancychandler367
    @nancychandler367 Місяць тому +6

    More Timothy Snyder and less hyperbole.

  • @serazulislam5336
    @serazulislam5336 Місяць тому +29

    I always like your news madam.

  • @djhero0071
    @djhero0071 Місяць тому +10

    The problem with resistance from smaller organizations is they both don't have the funds nor the audience to fight frivolous lawsuits from people like Trump. They don't have a Musk or Bezos to fight those lawsuits for them and donations will only go so far. It is a VERY bad precedent Walt Disney Corp is setting by not fighting that lawsuit. A precedent that smaller corporations like the Des Moines Register won't be able to defend against.

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому

      Yep like blm with their money problems. Useful idiot 😅 ❤

  • @JoeL-zb1yd
    @JoeL-zb1yd Місяць тому +11

    Timothy Snyder is great.

  • @SaraMonger21
    @SaraMonger21 Місяць тому +263

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  • @sharondavid-melly1498
    @sharondavid-melly1498 Місяць тому +3

    Thank you, Prof Timothy Snyder. Your work is essential, especially, at this time.
    Democracy Now would benefit to have you on for an entire program. Thank you and God bless you

    • @ugooko7569
      @ugooko7569 Місяць тому

      where was the Professor during covid?

  • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
    @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx Місяць тому +6

    Snyder's books show he is a historian in service for the US empire, not for the working class. Snyder's book 'Bloodlands' legitimised the Ukrainian far-right distortions of the history of the 1930s Ukrainian famine and Soviet history more broadly. For a serious analysis of his work, read the WSWS series 'Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship'.

    • @legrandfromage6450
      @legrandfromage6450 Місяць тому

      Yes, it's shocking to see a lightweight like Snyder showcased on a so-called "left" program. Democracy Now really appears to have gone down hill.

    • @johnbunton9177
      @johnbunton9177 Місяць тому +2

      When Snyder talks about oligarchs in the United States and the dangers posed by a Trump presidency I have to agree with him.
      Texts like "The Road To Unfreedom" and "Bloodlands", however, are downright Russophobic, and have been far too kind to the extreme right-wing ideology that informs the current regime in Kiev while displaying an almost irrational hatred of Putin and Russia.
      Not once in "Bloodlands" does Snyder mention the horrific behaviour of Ukrainian nationalists and their direct role in perpetrating the Holocaust. -Not once.

    • @eastbaykidd8574
      @eastbaykidd8574 Місяць тому

      Looks like we spotted the CPUSA troll. Gus Hall would have been proud of the BS you are spouting here.

    • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
      @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx Місяць тому

      @@eastbaykidd8574 I very much doubt that the Socialist Equality Party, of which I am not a member, would regard that comment as insightful. Why not try refuting an argument rather than attacking its source? Read the series I mentioned and _then_ make a more useful comment in response.

  • @Tom-pd1rb
    @Tom-pd1rb Місяць тому +16

    How can a President that doesn't want to follow the Constitution be sworn to protect and defend it? really?

    • @nebulousvoid
      @nebulousvoid Місяць тому +6

      Donnie testified in the Colorado Supreme Court (through his lawyer) that he never swore the oath the first time. Were his fingers crossed? Is that his legal argument?

    • @ashamed2Byt
      @ashamed2Byt Місяць тому

      He's sworn to the Heritage Foundation to destroy the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. All maga politicians have sworn to destroy it.

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому +1

      Constitution Jeffersonian v Hamiltonian. Figure it out

    • @ascensionenergetics85
      @ascensionenergetics85 Місяць тому +1

      Try a different source of info

    • @markrobinowitz8473
      @markrobinowitz8473 Місяць тому +3

      He swears AT the Constitution, not to it.

  • @Hnnhklls
    @Hnnhklls Місяць тому +7

    The world needs our own Amy Goodman holiday to celebrate her annually
    I am so glad we have a strong and rational voice amongst this chaos

  • @gamble510
    @gamble510 Місяць тому +14

    Billionaires and opportunists purchasing influence, paying tribute for impunity and currying favor in lieu of drawing ire.

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому +1

      Yep kamala and a billion dollars. Goodbye thing Eminem didn't perform

    • @KushalGc-h3o
      @KushalGc-h3o Місяць тому +1

      sO WHY SPACEX do Fixed price even though they are the only human rated to ISS? Do you think Giving Boeing double for no result make your tax worth it.

  • @eddymonies8302
    @eddymonies8302 Місяць тому +12

    Watched a lot of his discussions on the CBC, don’t always agree with his politics but his points are more than compelling. Brian Thompson treatment for Apartheid Clyde, I’m done with these billionaires.

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому

      Ok you keep your professors and government grants

  • @lpquagmire3621
    @lpquagmire3621 27 днів тому +1

    Is that not what the voters did...?

  • @Rich-y4j
    @Rich-y4j Місяць тому +4

    Question authority, a test for a free democracy.

  • @maryg-o3h
    @maryg-o3h Місяць тому +19

    Right on dude!

  • @dr.barrycohn5461
    @dr.barrycohn5461 Місяць тому +2

    That guy Synder is on to something with his analysis.

  • @TEmery
    @TEmery Місяць тому +29

    Sick sick people defending liars and by default themselves.

    • @FM-ln2sb
      @FM-ln2sb Місяць тому

      That's always been the case in US government. where have you been?

    • @PB111627
      @PB111627 Місяць тому

      @@TEmery these two are sad specimens of humanity your one is definately living a life of PTSD.

    • @rambleon2838
      @rambleon2838 Місяць тому

      The political Stockholm Syndrome in plane view.

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому

      ​@@PB111627 living in TDS from the Stockholm syndrome the dems and indoctrination camps gave them.

  • @anitaarnell3274
    @anitaarnell3274 Місяць тому +5

    Why are so many Americans willing to give Trump so many dollars as he is alledgedly so rich. Beats me?

    • @Youtuber-xs9cp
      @Youtuber-xs9cp Місяць тому

      Because we are aware how powerful manipulative and evil are his opponents.. We know . We know Leticia James was trying to take his money away through abuse of legal system so he will campaign, She is a lawyer and she knows that Punish where are cruel and usual are not constitutional yet she did it any way

    • @Soapandwater6
      @Soapandwater6 Місяць тому +1

      I would love to ask them why are they giving their hard-earned money to a billionaire. Do they not ever think about why a billionaire needs the little man's money?

    • @jasonnstegall
      @jasonnstegall Місяць тому +1

      Because he REALLY ISN’T.

  • @coffeegirl6854
    @coffeegirl6854 Місяць тому +6

    Also thank you DN.

  • @rambleon2838
    @rambleon2838 Місяць тому +9

    Those oligarchs only grow a spine when their subjects in their corporate plantations start to speak out, revolt and start organizing.

  • @gaagsl
    @gaagsl Місяць тому +4

    YTY has bowed down to the new king, and that's a true loss! I saw it coming from NBC, but this one hits hard for independent journalism.

    • @yourturn777
      @yourturn777 Місяць тому

      As much as they deny it, they want you dependent on their decisions concerning YOU.
      They call it "power 😂

  • @NonameNoname-s5i
    @NonameNoname-s5i Місяць тому +1

    The beginning of the movie "Hannibal"
    Thousands and thousands of pigeon silhouettes. Thats how he sees us.

  • @RoxanneM-
    @RoxanneM- Місяць тому +11

    Do not watch the inauguration.

    • @Soapandwater6
      @Soapandwater6 Місяць тому +1

      I can't stand the thought of watching it. I'll be happily cleaning my bathrooms. I wonder if Dumpy will use his inaugural contributions to give himself the military parade he has always wanted.

    • @christopherjackson1822
      @christopherjackson1822 Місяць тому +1

      Resist! Low viewership for what the popular vote put in place .Make a statement with your remote control .

    • @91dodgespiritrt
      @91dodgespiritrt Місяць тому

      OK. BUT WE ARE GLOATING IN YOUR WHINY BIG NOSED FACE, ANYWAY.

  • @adventurealchemy805
    @adventurealchemy805 29 днів тому +2

    One set of oligarchy is good,the other is bad 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @KGchannel01
    @KGchannel01 Місяць тому +18

    Love this guy, please keep having him back to talk about the other lessons!

    • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
      @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx Місяць тому

      Snyder is a right-wing propagandist. For a serious analysis of his work, read the WSWS series 'Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship'.

  • @dhe777
    @dhe777 Місяць тому +2

    this guy is a sit down comedian.

  • @Iggythemovieman
    @Iggythemovieman Місяць тому +5

    Seeing Trump and musk clash is going to be very entertaining. But sad for the country.

  • @karenhousley610
    @karenhousley610 Місяць тому +13

    Bye, bye, miss American pie

    • @FM-ln2sb
      @FM-ln2sb Місяць тому +2

      that's been gone since NAFTA. where have you been?

    • @jasonnstegall
      @jasonnstegall Місяць тому

      Problem, we can’t even afford Chevy’s to drive to the levy, never mind if the if levy’s actually dry…

    • @jasonnstegall
      @jasonnstegall Місяць тому

      But, to quote another Don McLean song which seems to apply to Trump and Elon more so than ever before yet is something we all need to ask ourselves frequently:
      “…and we know this masquerade can’t go on too long…
      You’re deep within The Pride Parade…but where do you belong?”

  • @mnemosynevermont5524
    @mnemosynevermont5524 Місяць тому +5

    Judges across the nation need to stand up and trash frivolous lawsuits, AND make it clear that there will be consequences, especially for lawyers who file them.

    • @christopherjackson1822
      @christopherjackson1822 Місяць тому

      Give more power to the poor take away the process of filling lawsuits . 👍

  • @coffeegirl6854
    @coffeegirl6854 Місяць тому +5

    Thank you TS.

  • @Chuck-Bob
    @Chuck-Bob Місяць тому +10

    Shit don't obey at all

  • @alexdevcamp
    @alexdevcamp 29 днів тому +1

    It's terrifying watching everyone capitulate because they want theirs

  • @jason6360
    @jason6360 Місяць тому +30

    BOYCOTT Amazon, facebook, twitter, Tesla, Walmart, and every other trump donor.

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому +1

      Now we boycott tesla and these wonderful companies. 😂

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому

      Better properly dispose if your ev cars

    • @JuggyGales1977
      @JuggyGales1977 Місяць тому

      Don't be so naive. These billionaires will bribe ANY politician who has power. They don't have morals. They will destroy us all for more money and control. They don't care. Insist that we have an alternative who isn't worse.

    • @judymawhorter7301
      @judymawhorter7301 Місяць тому +3

      This is the time to use them to get sales etc. To stock up and get your comfort items to keep your homes safe and warm . Use these store get what you need then when trump is in and we know what's coming ,then use these stores no more. But it would be foolish to stop before you take care of your families first. 😮😮😢

    • @rulaj1
      @rulaj1 Місяць тому

      and AIPAC bc God knows we wouldn't be in this place without Israel pulling political strings causing the demise and defeat of the democrat Party, the middle class and eventually the United States..

  • @wolfgangkoester853
    @wolfgangkoester853 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you for your service for democracy

  • @wabakoen5548
    @wabakoen5548 Місяць тому +8

    This is a new low even for TyrannyNow!

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana Місяць тому +1

      New word salad

    • @chey7691
      @chey7691 Місяць тому +1

      You thought you were clever bot, lol.

  • @bradjones5107
    @bradjones5107 29 днів тому +1

    Obey and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

  • @fatcat8dog
    @fatcat8dog Місяць тому +3

    A way to conceptualize 1billion seconds 35yrs to 1trillion seconds 35thousand years free health care for all 10years Amazing work as always ❤ 🙏 …

  • @kristiandoon8976
    @kristiandoon8976 Місяць тому +2

    I pledge compliance to the flag, of the corporate state of America. And to the oligarchy, for which it stands, one nation, under the New York stock exchange, divisible depending on political convenience, with liberty, and a flexible definition of justice for all who can afford it. 🇺🇸

  • @astralarchaeology5840
    @astralarchaeology5840 Місяць тому +5

    Amy you’re not a mega rich person! Of course it sounds like a lot to you. That was his point

  • @jackiegonzales4761
    @jackiegonzales4761 Місяць тому

    I love democracy now please don’t get yourself in trouble and say the wrong thing. I don’t want to see you have to pay a fine if you do we’ll do a GoFundMe page. You’re the best. I love your channel.

  • @leannhorne8459
    @leannhorne8459 Місяць тому +3

    With all due respect. Our family have been disobeying since we got here some time in the 1600’s thus the poverty. I loth 45/47! And I blame him on the dems! Let’s take responsibility!!! Stop the blame! Of course we won’t obey in advance!!!

    • @msvulcanspock
      @msvulcanspock Місяць тому

      Nancy Pelosi needs to step down and let the younger Democrats like AOC and Jasmine Crockett.
      Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia needs to step down and let AOC take over.
      Rep. Debbie Dingell needs to step down and let Jasmine Crockett take over.

  • @janiceelder7066
    @janiceelder7066 Місяць тому +2

    Never just OBEY

  • @flixfan1
    @flixfan1 Місяць тому +5

    Gee, DN! sure forgot about Gaza after the election when it was cutting support for Kamala. It is not possible that this show isn't a right-wing front. They report the news in ways that help Republicans.

    • @nancychandler367
      @nancychandler367 Місяць тому +2

      Agree. The both sideism from DN brought us Trump

  • @cynthiagelmirez3738
    @cynthiagelmirez3738 Місяць тому +2

    What this means to me - do not celebrate until you know what you’re celebrating!
    People have been taken out - so we have to know what our position was before and what position we could be in now.

  • @Cwarnershspes72
    @Cwarnershspes72 Місяць тому +3

    A Wise Man .. Absolutely well groomed educationally fit

  • @JanHus-e3z
    @JanHus-e3z Місяць тому +7

    Life is short so is money.

    • @georgefurman4371
      @georgefurman4371 Місяць тому

      Life becomes short when the limited money is capitalized by the wealthy corrupt wanting unlimited hoarding of the money produced by the working people.

    • @yourturn777
      @yourturn777 Місяць тому

      You so brilliant BOT

    • @georgefurman4371
      @georgefurman4371 Місяць тому

      @ what is money? Money is obtained by either working hard to produce as a worker depending on a salary ( the immense majority) in this world market system we know as capitalism. Or by exploiting the work of that majority while extracting a profit out of the use of those wealth producing workers. Is the historic socioeconomic contract agreed many generations ago. Wealth is represented in money , regardless of the physical form . All wealth is the product of work. Like it or not. Not produced by magic, or smart ways to play the system like banks or other tricks established and to invent as ways to extract that produced profit coming from work. Money is as short as the entitled owners of the wealth administrators decide or are forced by the rules of the system to make it short or bigger. Like the raise of salaries or by declaring a recession is happening. As if the wealthy suddenly are in the hands of a sickness they can’t prevent. Funny how uncomplicated really are the facts of the “ economy “ of greed.

  • @vinlennox7658
    @vinlennox7658 Місяць тому +1

    Preach lady preach

  • @nebulousvoid
    @nebulousvoid Місяць тому +10

    Dear Leader is ABOVE CRITICISM!
    (he's so vile that criticism won't stick)

    • @CyrusVyrus
      @CyrusVyrus 4 дні тому

      @@nebulousvoid 👈below room temperature IQ, in an igloo.

  • @KGchannel01
    @KGchannel01 Місяць тому +2

    This channel does important reporting, but the "5 seconds" warning that the guest is running out of time seems unnecessary (and almost rude) in the age of digital internet content. I'm guessing it's kind of a relic of the age of radio and tv. But I say let the guy make his point and edit it later if you need to. But he's making an important point and I would hope he has as much time as he needs to complete his thought.

  • @nancychandler367
    @nancychandler367 Місяць тому +4

    Viva Ukraine 🇺🇦. Ty NATO 🇺🇸

  • @peterjames37
    @peterjames37 Місяць тому +1

    The US has never been a democracy.
    Representative democracies are not democracies.

    • @jasonnstegall
      @jasonnstegall Місяць тому

      Correct. We live in a democratic-infused representative republic.
      But (since 1865, anyway) there has been the possibility of relative freedom. Which begins, as the First Amendment says, with freedom of religion/worship.
      That may change VERY SOON…

  • @kevinhummel4282
    @kevinhummel4282 Місяць тому +4

    Please don’t send me to the work camps is what that says

  • @MichaelAlfaro-tz5rp
    @MichaelAlfaro-tz5rp Місяць тому +5

    donny's library 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸

    • @Soapandwater6
      @Soapandwater6 Місяць тому

      I know, right? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @allanmckeown8417
    @allanmckeown8417 Місяць тому +2

    The A merican dream is mama's apple pie on the porch drinking a bud but they mostly end up eating humble pie drowning in debt.

  • @cowsandpigsmaketheearthwar1471
    @cowsandpigsmaketheearthwar1471 Місяць тому +11

    why inst harris suing for election interference since Bezos stoped the endorsement of harris of his editorial board at the washington post
    and the same with the los angeles times
    since dshe is not doesnt the whole thing seem like a very bad show

    • @MikeHunt-qu6sk
      @MikeHunt-qu6sk Місяць тому

      Enjoying yet another double cheeseburger when I came across your comment and username. Brings a smile to my face. 😁

  • @lj4347
    @lj4347 Місяць тому +2

    Mr Snyder, please get your message out. It is so necessary.

  • @ChristianPareATLAS
    @ChristianPareATLAS Місяць тому +3

    Trump shouldn't have presented himself as a candidate if he was respecting the constitution when he is claiming he won twice already 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @JosBergervoet
    @JosBergervoet Місяць тому

    Good for you, to speak to an expert! (A Yale historian, wow! Now corporate America will have to obey. Thanks for solving it, nice job.)

  • @heynowls3058
    @heynowls3058 Місяць тому +4

    Resist!

  • @elizabethecarlisle1045
    @elizabethecarlisle1045 Місяць тому +1

    Mr. Snyder,
    You have the sophistication of an abacus, sir.
    Truly.

  • @joannesterling7905
    @joannesterling7905 Місяць тому +3

    Is Trumps " presidential library" a euphemism for comic stand??

  • @karenkalweit6018
    @karenkalweit6018 Місяць тому +1

    The president elect will need a lot of money for his inauguration. If he’s gonna try to make it look like he has a big enough crowd.

  • @ocelote1336
    @ocelote1336 Місяць тому +8

    Ever notice everyone that goes to Marologo comes out hypnotized or has been casted a spell upon them?