Tom Ellis
Jan 27, 2025

Thank you, Richard. I wish your dire warning were exaggerated, but it is spot on! All I can suggest is that everyone who reads this buy or borrow a copy of Timothy Snyder’s 2016 book “On Tyranny” and put his 20 admonitions and the brief summaries of each corresponding chapter into a Power Point presentation, and then call a meeting of trusted friends, either in person or virtually, to go through them one by one and discuss possible collaborative strategies for pushing back against Trump’s encroaching tyranny—starting today. I’ve already done this—it took me about two hours or less, and I’ve shared it with as many (trusted) friends as possible. It’s already earned me an interview on a local independent radio station! So it’s a start. Building solidarity in your home community is the best antidote I know to panic and despair!

Tom Ellis
Tom Ellis

Written by Tom Ellis

I am a retired English professor now living in Oregon, and a life-long environmental activist, Buddhist, and holistic philosopher.

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