"On Tyranny" by: Timothy Snyder

Recommended Age: 16+ (to be able to understand political contexts)

 128 pages

Description: The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.

On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come.

  

My Rating: 3/5 

 This book had a lot of good information, but not all of the tips were very practical. (-1 star)

Notable Quotes:
“We do not see the minds that we harm when we publish falsehoods, but that doesn’t mean we do not harm” (pg. 79).

Things to be aware of in “On Tyranny”

Language:
- 1 “sh*thouse” (in a quote)

Romantic Content:
(-1 star)
- “You never know when you’re making love for the last time that you’re making love for the last time.”
- There is one mention of a “search for sexual partners.”

 

Links to the book: Amazon and Goodreads.

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