I've been offline for a while due to IRL stuff and due to avoiding news about the US election. Now that the results are in though, I wanted to share this:
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/
Many people in my industry / field of work / network are "institutional insiders". I think this is a really relevant quote from the article:
"By themselves, rulers cannot collect taxes, enforce repressive laws and regulations, keep trains running on time, prepare national budgets, direct traffic, manage ports, print money, repair roads, keep markets supplied with food, make steel, build rockets, train the police and army, issue postage stamps or even milk a cow. People provide these services to the ruler though a variety of organizations and institutions. If people would stop providing these skills, the ruler could not rule."
Finally, what I like about the article is that the author talked to people living or who lived under authoritarianism for a practical idea of what it's like and how to survive it.
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