Seven Ways to Outlast Political Authoritarianism
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Seven Ways to Outlast Political Authoritarianism
Though Djurdja Padejski was raised in communist Yugoslavia, her life there felt stable and uneventful for a long time. In the 1980s, under Yugoslavia’s “soft” one-party government, Padejski and her friends read Western literature, watched Hollywood movies, and listened to the BBC. “We grew up in a very comfortable, naive environment,” Padejski says. That changed in the 1990s when Yugoslavia split into several republics. Civil war broke out, and …
George Lakoff and FrameLab propose a series of key guidelines and resolutions to defend and keep democracy alive against authoritarian attacks. 1. Be brave. Avoid speaking from impotence or hopelessness. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it facilitates your work. Courage, faith and optimism are essential. [...]
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