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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Tue Nov 22, 2016, 11:08 AM Nov 2016

Autocracy: Rules for Survival

Rule #4: Be outraged. If you follow Rule #1 and believe what the autocrat-elect is saying, you will not be surprised. But in the face of the impulse to normalize, it is essential to maintain one’s capacity for shock. This will lead people to call you unreasonable and hysterical, and to accuse you of overreacting. It is no fun to be the only hysterical person in the room. Prepare yourself.

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival/

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Autocracy: Rules for Survival (Original Post) SHRED Nov 2016 OP

K&R! 2naSalit Nov 2016 #1

And this: dixiegrrrrl Nov 2016 #2

2naSalit

(86,579 posts)

1. K&R!

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Tue Nov 22, 2016, 12:21 PM

Nov 2016

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

2. And this:

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Tue Nov 22, 2016, 03:26 PM

Nov 2016

The fantasy of the normalization of Donald Trump—the idea that a demagogic candidate would somehow be transformed into a statesman of poise and deliberation after his Election Day victory—should now be a distant memory, an illusion shattered.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-personally-blasts-the-press

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