#oppress — Public Fediverse posts

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS TODAY I HOPE!*& PRAY YOU ALL HAVE A FUN!*WHIMSICAL!*& BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL DAY!*AMEN!*& I TRULY LOVE YOU ALL!*& I AM SENDING YOU ALL GOD'S LOVING LIGHT!*& PEACE WITH GIANT HUGS!*AMEN AGAIN!🤗🫂💛🫂🤗👉

*(When Afflictions Sore Oppress👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Spiritual #Unity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS TODAY I HOPE!*& PRAY YOU ALL HAVE A FUN!*WHIMSICAL!*& BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL DAY!*AMEN!*& I TRULY LOVE YOU ALL!*& I AM SENDING YOU ALL GOD'S LOVING LIGHT!*& PEACE WITH GIANT HUGS!*AMEN AGAIN!🤗🫂💛🫂🤗👉

*(When Afflictions Sore Oppress👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Spiritual #Unity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS [& PRAYERFULLY PASS ON HOPE!*& ENCOURAGEMENT TO ALL PEOPLE ON EARTH IN CARING LOVING LIGHT!*AMEN!]*& TODAY I HOPE!*& PRAY YOU ALL HAVE A FUN!*WHIMSICAL!*& BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL DAY!*AMEN!*& I TRULY LOVE YOU ALL!*& I AM SENDING YOU ALL GOD'S👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Spiritual #Unity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS [& PRAYERFULLY PASS ON HOPE!*& ENCOURAGEMENT TO ALL PEOPLE ON EARTH IN CARING LOVING LIGHT!*AMEN!]*& TODAY I HOPE!*& PRAY YOU ALL HAVE A FUN!*WHIMSICAL!*& BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL DAY!*AMEN!*& I TRULY LOVE YOU ALL!*& I AM SENDING YOU ALL GOD'S👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Spiritual #Unity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS [WHAT A BLESSING THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN THIS ON GOING SHARE IS PERFECT TIMING TO LIFT MY MOOD!*& THAT IS ONE REASON IT IS IMPORTANT!*& VITAL TO FEED OUR SPIRITS WITH GOOD!*& LOVING THINGS!*BECAUSE IT CAN SPUR US ALL ON WITH POSITIVE HOPE!*& GIVE US STRENGTH TO CARRY ON!]👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Unity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS [WHAT A BLESSING THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN THIS ON GOING SHARE IS PERFECT TIMING TO LIFT MY MOOD!*& THAT IS ONE REASON IT IS IMPORTANT!*& VITAL TO FEED OUR SPIRITS WITH GOOD!*& LOVING THINGS!*BECAUSE IT CAN SPUR US ALL ON WITH POSITIVE HOPE!*& GIVE US STRENGTH TO CARRY ON!]👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Unity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS [LIKE TODAY I HAD A BAD ATTITUDE BECAUSE OF MY HEALTH!*& WHAT A BLESSING THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN THIS ON GOING SHARE IS PERFECT TIMING TO LIFT MY MOOD!]👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls #Miracles #Epiphanies #Saints #Spiritual #Unity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS [LIKE TODAY I HAD A BAD ATTITUDE BECAUSE OF MY HEALTH!*& WHAT A BLESSING THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN THIS ON GOING SHARE IS PERFECT TIMING TO LIFT MY MOOD!]👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Light #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls #Miracles #Epiphanies #Saints #Spiritual #Unity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS (MY DAILY HEALTH CHALLENGES)*[LIKE YESTERDAY I HAD TO SAY A SPECIAL PRAYER TO GET OFF THE COUCH!*& DO MORE CHORES!]👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls #Miracles #Epiphanies #Saints #Angel #Escorts #Spiritual #Oneness #Unity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS (MY DAILY HEALTH CHALLENGES)*[LIKE YESTERDAY I HAD TO SAY A SPECIAL PRAYER TO GET OFF THE COUCH!*& DO MORE CHORES!]👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls #Miracles #Epiphanies #Saints #Angel #Escorts #Spiritual #Oneness #Unity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS [MY DAILY HEALTH CHALLENGES I STRIVE TO IGNORE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!]*{LIKE YESTERDAY I HAD TO SAY A SPECIAL PRAYER TO GET OFF THE COUCH!*& DO MORE CHORES!}👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Gentleness #Understanding #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS [MY DAILY HEALTH CHALLENGES I STRIVE TO IGNORE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!]*{LIKE YESTERDAY I HAD TO SAY A SPECIAL PRAYER TO GET OFF THE COUCH!*& DO MORE CHORES!}👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Gentleness #Understanding #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS [MAINLY EVEN THINKING ABOUT MY DAILY HEALTH CHALLENGES ALL THOUGH REAL I TRY TO STRIVE TO IGNORE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!]👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Miracles #Epiphanies
#Saints #Angel #Escorts #Spiritual #Oneness #Unity #Trinity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS [MAINLY EVEN THINKING ABOUT MY DAILY HEALTH CHALLENGES ALL THOUGH REAL I TRY TO STRIVE TO IGNORE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!]👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Miracles #Epiphanies
#Saints #Angel #Escorts #Spiritual #Oneness #Unity #Trinity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS [I HAVE CHRONIC ILLNESSES I DON'T REALLY LIKE TO ADMIT TO ANYONE]👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls #Miracles #Epiphanies
#Saints #Angel #Spiritual #Oneness #Unity #Trinity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS [I HAVE CHRONIC ILLNESSES I DON'T REALLY LIKE TO ADMIT TO ANYONE]👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Believe #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls #Miracles #Epiphanies
#Saints #Angel #Spiritual #Oneness #Unity #Trinity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I HAVE CHRONIC ILLNESSES I DON'T REALLY LIKE TO ADMIT TO ANYONE👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Thursday #Devotional #GOD #Love #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I HAVE CHRONIC ILLNESSES I DON'T REALLY LIKE TO ADMIT TO ANYONE👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Thursday #Devotional #GOD #Love #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS GOOD THURSDAY MORNING!👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Thursday #Devotional #GOD #Love #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #People #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls #Miracles #Spiritual #Oneness #Unity #Trinity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS GOOD THURSDAY MORNING!👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Thursday #Devotional #GOD #Love #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #People #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls #Miracles #Spiritual #Oneness #Unity #Trinity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD GOOD THURSDAY MORNING!👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Thursday #Devotional #GOD #Love #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Gentleness #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls #Miracles #Epiphanies #Saints #Angel #Escorts #Spiritual #Oneness #Unity #Trinity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

🌏🌐🩵💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD GOOD THURSDAY MORNING!👉

#When #Afflictions #Sore #Oppress #You #Ponder #all #Father #God’s #Truth #can #Teach #you #Thursday #Devotional #GOD #Love #Lord #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Gentleness #Meditate #Opened #Minds #Hearts #Souls #Miracles #Epiphanies #Saints #Angel #Escorts #Spiritual #Oneness #Unity #Trinity #LOVE #ONE #ANOTHER

I believe all #religion is made up by men to #oppress #women. if that offends you dni 💗

I believe all #religion is made up by men to #oppress #women. if that offends you dni 💗

I believe all #religion is made up by men to #oppress #women. if that offends you dni 💗

I believe all #religion is made up by men to #oppress #women. if that offends you dni 💗

2/ #China is barely getting to middle-income status and yet is already transferring vast amounts of #wealth and #technology to other #poor #nations. Will it #oppress? Will it share?

2/ #China is barely getting to middle-income status and yet is already transferring vast amounts of #wealth and #technology to other #poor #nations. Will it #oppress? Will it share?

2/ #China is barely getting to middle-income status and yet is already transferring vast amounts of #wealth and #technology to other #poor #nations. Will it #oppress? Will it share?

#Procreation is not a neutral act, it feeds both #patriarchy and #capitalism, strengthening the very #systems that #oppress and #exploit us. In this #world filled of inequality, environmental collapse and systemic violence, choosing not to reproduce becomes an act of #resistance. Refusing to bring new #life into this broken #society is not only a rejection of #oppressive institutions, but also a deeply #moral stance. Fight back. Choose non reproduction.

#Procreation is not a neutral act, it feeds both #patriarchy and #capitalism, strengthening the very #systems that #oppress and #exploit us. In this #world filled of inequality, environmental collapse and systemic violence, choosing not to reproduce becomes an act of #resistance. Refusing to bring new #life into this broken #society is not only a rejection of #oppressive institutions, but also a deeply #moral stance. Fight back. Choose non reproduction.

#Procreation is not a neutral act, it feeds both #patriarchy and #capitalism, strengthening the very #systems that #oppress and #exploit us. In this #world filled of inequality, environmental collapse and systemic violence, choosing not to reproduce becomes an act of #resistance. Refusing to bring new #life into this broken #society is not only a rejection of #oppressive institutions, but also a deeply #moral stance. Fight back. Choose non reproduction.

#Procreation is not a neutral act, it feeds both #patriarchy and #capitalism, strengthening the very #systems that #oppress and #exploit us. In this #world filled of inequality, environmental collapse and systemic violence, choosing not to reproduce becomes an act of #resistance. Refusing to bring new #life into this broken #society is not only a rejection of #oppressive institutions, but also a deeply #moral stance. Fight back. Choose non reproduction.

#Oligarchs #Oppress #Workers

#Oligarchs #Oppress #Workers

#Drag #Bans #Oppress Every Single One Of Us.

#Homophobia, #Transphobia and #Misogyny are inextricably #linked — and these #DragQueens are now even more #motivated to #dismantle all of it.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Drag #DragQueens #Representation #Culture #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/drag-bans-oppress-everyone_n_672c1fc8e4b0933e82c8d903

#Drag #Bans #Oppress Every Single One Of Us.

#Homophobia, #Transphobia and #Misogyny are inextricably #linked — and these #DragQueens are now even more #motivated to #dismantle all of it.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Drag #DragQueens #Representation #Culture #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/drag-bans-oppress-everyone_n_672c1fc8e4b0933e82c8d903

#Drag #Bans #Oppress Every Single One Of Us.

#Homophobia, #Transphobia and #Misogyny are inextricably #linked — and these #DragQueens are now even more #motivated to #dismantle all of it.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Drag #DragQueens #Representation #Culture #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/drag-bans-oppress-everyone_n_672c1fc8e4b0933e82c8d903

#Drag #Bans #Oppress Every Single One Of Us.

#Homophobia, #Transphobia and #Misogyny are inextricably #linked — and these #DragQueens are now even more #motivated to #dismantle all of it.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Drag #DragQueens #Representation #Culture #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/drag-bans-oppress-everyone_n_672c1fc8e4b0933e82c8d903

Where #Freedom Ends

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/11/07/where-freedom-ends-laurence-tribe/

#Law can #oppress as easily as it can #liberate, and it is the #everydaylife we lead at our #kitchentables and in our #bedrooms that is most dangerously threatened by a return of Trump to power.

Where #Freedom Ends

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/11/07/where-freedom-ends-laurence-tribe/

#Law can #oppress as easily as it can #liberate, and it is the #everydaylife we lead at our #kitchentables and in our #bedrooms that is most dangerously threatened by a return of Trump to power.

Where #Freedom Ends

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/11/07/where-freedom-ends-laurence-tribe/

#Law can #oppress as easily as it can #liberate, and it is the #everydaylife we lead at our #kitchentables and in our #bedrooms that is most dangerously threatened by a return of Trump to power.

Where #Freedom Ends

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/11/07/where-freedom-ends-laurence-tribe/

#Law can #oppress as easily as it can #liberate, and it is the #everydaylife we lead at our #kitchentables and in our #bedrooms that is most dangerously threatened by a return of Trump to power.

Trump is
#UnAmerican #unFit #Transactional #divisive #incitesViolence
Aims to #Oppress US
#TrumpisPutinsFool #TrumpIsProject2025
Photo by #ShellSheddy #sheshephoto #sheShePhotography

Trump is
#UnAmerican #unFit #Transactional #divisive #incitesViolence
Aims to #Oppress US
#TrumpisPutinsFool #TrumpIsProject2025
Photo by #ShellSheddy #sheshephoto #sheShePhotography

Trump is
#UnAmerican #unFit #Transactional #divisive #incitesViolence
Aims to #Oppress US
#TrumpisPutinsFool #TrumpIsProject2025
Photo by #ShellSheddy #sheshephoto #sheShePhotography

Trump is
#UnAmerican #unFit #Transactional #divisive #incitesViolence
Aims to #Oppress US
#TrumpisPutinsFool #TrumpIsProject2025
Photo by #ShellSheddy #sheshephoto #sheShePhotography

Strongman rule is a fantasy. 
Essential to it is the idea that a strongman will be your strongman. 
He won't. 
In a democracy, elected representatives listen to constituents. 
We take this for granted, and imagine that a dictator would owe us something. 
But the vote you cast for him affirms your #irrelevance. 
The whole point is that the strongman owes us #nothing. 
We get abused and we get used to it. 

Another illusion is that the strongman will unite the nation. 
But an aspiring dictator will always claim that some belong and others don't. 
He will define one group after another as the enemy. 
This might feel good, so long as you feel that you are on the right side of the line. 
But now #fear is the essence of life. 
The politics of us-and-them, once begun, never ends. 

We dream that a strongman will let us focus on America. 
But dictatorship opens our country to the worst the world has to offer. 
An American strongman will measure himself by the #wealth and #power of other dictators. 
He will befriend them and compete with them. 
From them he will learn new ways to #oppress and to #exploit his own people.

At least, the fantasy goes, the strongman will get things done. 
But dictatorial power today is not about achieving anything positive. 
It is about #preventing anyone else from achieving anything. 
The strongman is really the weak man: his secret is that he makes everyone else #weaker. 

Unaccountable to the law and to voters, the dictator has no reason to consider anything beyond his own personal interests. 
In the twenty-first century, those are simple: 👉 dying in bed as a billionaire. 
To #enrich himself and to stay out of #prison, the strongman dismantles the justice system and replaces civil servants with loyalists. 

https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-strongman-fantasy

Strongman rule is a fantasy. 
Essential to it is the idea that a strongman will be your strongman. 
He won't. 
In a democracy, elected representatives listen to constituents. 
We take this for granted, and imagine that a dictator would owe us something. 
But the vote you cast for him affirms your #irrelevance. 
The whole point is that the strongman owes us #nothing. 
We get abused and we get used to it. 

Another illusion is that the strongman will unite the nation. 
But an aspiring dictator will always claim that some belong and others don't. 
He will define one group after another as the enemy. 
This might feel good, so long as you feel that you are on the right side of the line. 
But now #fear is the essence of life. 
The politics of us-and-them, once begun, never ends. 

We dream that a strongman will let us focus on America. 
But dictatorship opens our country to the worst the world has to offer. 
An American strongman will measure himself by the #wealth and #power of other dictators. 
He will befriend them and compete with them. 
From them he will learn new ways to #oppress and to #exploit his own people.

At least, the fantasy goes, the strongman will get things done. 
But dictatorial power today is not about achieving anything positive. 
It is about #preventing anyone else from achieving anything. 
The strongman is really the weak man: his secret is that he makes everyone else #weaker. 

Unaccountable to the law and to voters, the dictator has no reason to consider anything beyond his own personal interests. 
In the twenty-first century, those are simple: 👉 dying in bed as a billionaire. 
To #enrich himself and to stay out of #prison, the strongman dismantles the justice system and replaces civil servants with loyalists. 

https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-strongman-fantasy

Strongman rule is a fantasy. 
Essential to it is the idea that a strongman will be your strongman. 
He won't. 
In a democracy, elected representatives listen to constituents. 
We take this for granted, and imagine that a dictator would owe us something. 
But the vote you cast for him affirms your #irrelevance. 
The whole point is that the strongman owes us #nothing. 
We get abused and we get used to it. 

Another illusion is that the strongman will unite the nation. 
But an aspiring dictator will always claim that some belong and others don't. 
He will define one group after another as the enemy. 
This might feel good, so long as you feel that you are on the right side of the line. 
But now #fear is the essence of life. 
The politics of us-and-them, once begun, never ends. 

We dream that a strongman will let us focus on America. 
But dictatorship opens our country to the worst the world has to offer. 
An American strongman will measure himself by the #wealth and #power of other dictators. 
He will befriend them and compete with them. 
From them he will learn new ways to #oppress and to #exploit his own people.

At least, the fantasy goes, the strongman will get things done. 
But dictatorial power today is not about achieving anything positive. 
It is about #preventing anyone else from achieving anything. 
The strongman is really the weak man: his secret is that he makes everyone else #weaker. 

Unaccountable to the law and to voters, the dictator has no reason to consider anything beyond his own personal interests. 
In the twenty-first century, those are simple: 👉 dying in bed as a billionaire. 
To #enrich himself and to stay out of #prison, the strongman dismantles the justice system and replaces civil servants with loyalists. 

https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-strongman-fantasy