On Tyranny

I was recently walking through a new residential neighborhood under construction in the city where I live as I am wont to do. I also like looking into the the big green waste bins that are parked in front of the construction sites to marvel at how much waste is produced to build a stick built home. In spite of the green facade of the bin and the corporate name of the bin management company, it’s probable that very little of the waste is subjected to the three Rs of the virtue signaling industry. I intend to follow one of these bins to their ultimate destination to see the contents take their place with the other household garbage. Dirty diapers. Orange peels. Chicken bones. Coffee grounds. Drywall and lumber cuttings.

Imagine my surprise and puzzlement when I found, lying amid the construction waste, empty beer cans and fast food wrappers, several paperback books. They were in newish condition and consisted mostly of romance and lifestyle novels. There was one curiosity. It was a book titled ‘On Tyranny – Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century’ written by Timothy Snyder. It’s a short book of one hundred and twenty six pages and could fit in your back pocket. It was published in 2017 by Tim Duggan books. A true pocket book. The book deals mostly with the rise of Fascism and authoritarianism in Europe leading up to WWII. The parallels to our current ‘crisis’ are not alarming to anyone that has read history, lived through it, or kept up with current events.

That this dumpster find was serendipitous is understatement. That it was found in a dumpster a possible, unwelcome omen. For anyone born anywhere in the western world after 1946 the prospect of tyranny has never been more real. You can feel it can’t you?

What I’m going to do here is quote the titles and opening words of some of the paragraphs. They are poignant and fitting to our times. The ** items are my additions of keywords that relate the Canadian experience and required response to advancing tyranny.

1. Do not obey in advance.

Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.

**Wear masks. Social distance. Isolate. Lockdown. Suspect everyone of being an enemy of the state…also known as a ‘superspreader’. Avoid family and friends. Give up rights and freedoms without question. Say NO! RESIST! Familiarize yourselves with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. EXERCISE THEM!**

2. Defend Institutions

It is institutions that help us to preserve decency. They need our help as well. Do not speak of ‘our institutions’ unless you make them yours by acting on their behalf. Institutions do not protect themselves. They fall one after the other unless each is defended from the beginning. So choose an institution you care about – a court, a newspaper, THE CHURCH, a law, a labor union – and take its side.

**Canadian charter of rights and freedoms. The Hippocratic Oath. A press free from de platforming, de funding, banning and harassment. Challenge political parties and politicians that seem to be co-operating with the tyranny. Rely less on mainstream media and their experts. They are being supported or coerced by the tyranny. No matter your spiritual beliefs, do not allow religious persecution to be carried out. Tyranny demands total subservience to itself. It wants to be God.**

3) Beware The One-Party State

The parties that remade states and suppressed rivals were not omnipotent from the start. They exploited a historic moment to make political life impossible for their opponents. So support the multi-party system and defend the rules of democratic elections. Vote in local and state elections while you can. Consider running for office.

**Suspension of parliament. Rendering Conservative opposition parties powerless. Packing the courts. Absorbing fringe parties with similar authoritarian ideologies. Uncontrolled deficit spending to support an agenda. Doubling down on harmful and stupid ideas and unlawful policies. Are there alternatives to conventional political processes?**

11) Investigate

Figure things out for yourself. Spend more time with long articles. Subsidize investigative journalism by subscribing to print media. Realize that some of what is on the internet is there to harm you. Learn about sites that investigate propaganda campaigns (some of which come from abroad). Take responsibility for what you communicate with others.

**An issue of will and courage. If you are lucky enough to have work you will be desperate to conform to the edicts (enslavement) of your employer. It’s exhausting and frightening and leaves little time or energy for investigation. But yet, if you don’t stand, who will?**

18) Be Calm When The Unthinkable arrives

Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it.

**We are living during the greatest, worldwide terrorist attack ever perpetrated. The destabilizing effects of ‘ACTION, REACTION, SOLUTION’ orchestrated by the Global Reset Corporation have taken their toll. Terrorist attacks, false flag events, staged accidents and environmental calamity are key elements to require solutions that are to provide safety and security to the population. Populations and parallel societies are divided in spite of the programs of equality and diversity forced onto society. Economies are collapsing and unemployment rising. People are being herded into reliance on the state. Will they will soon be herded into buses and boxcars to destinations and fates that have been visited before? They are only hotels right?**

Fundamentally, no matter how miserable the human experience becomes, people are afraid of death and discomfort. They have become enured to a false sense of freedom and ease. They still want what they want and it shouldn’t hurt. They will suffer any indignity or inconvenience if the incentives or coercion are carefully placed…right up to the ramps that lead to rail cars, that lead to camps, that lead to unmarked mass graves. It’s been done. A repeat of a history of genocide is under way.

The masked frogs think that they are in a nice hot tub. The tyrants are cooing, trickling succor and manipulating the temperature of the water while shoving undesirables under. The slave and servant class will float to the surface.

Wear water wings.

“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent” – Edmund Burke

“Only you can prevent forest fires” – Smokey The Bear