Jovi Rose
@jovirose.bsky.social
I write Titanic/A Night to Remember fanfiction (https://archiveofourown.org/users/Jovirose). And sometimes I write other things. Also, history nut, historical costumer, and collector of vintage hats
And this, right here, is why I'm tired of people telling me I'm overreacting:
(excerpt from On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder)
#tyranny #historyrepeats
(excerpt from On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder)
#tyranny #historyrepeats
![We tend to assume that institutions will automatically maintain themselves against even the most direct attacks. This was the very mistake that some German Jews made about Hitler and the Nazis after they had formed a government. On February 2, 1933, for example, a leading newspaper for German Jews published an editorial expressing this mislaid trust: 'We do not subscribe to the view that Mr. Hitler and his friends, now finally in possession of the power they have so long desired, will implement the proposals circulating in [Nazi newspapers]; they will not suddenly deprive German Jews of their constitutional rights, nor enclose them in ghettos, no subject them to the jealous and murderous impulses of the mob. They cannot do this because a number of crucial factors hold powers in check...and they clearly do not want to go down that road. When one acts as a European power, the whole atmosphere tends towards ethical reflection upon one's better self and away from revisiting one's earlier oppositional posture.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:55sv3nbimc65arjy6uvcl4tv/bafkreidzezadn5q7u5alcvnobihx3o5qdhwmk27xolgb663sjvph3a4d7a@jpeg)
January 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
And this, right here, is why I'm tired of people telling me I'm overreacting:
(excerpt from On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder)
#tyranny #historyrepeats
(excerpt from On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder)
#tyranny #historyrepeats