Timothy Snyder on the Values of Democracy
10/27/21 • 16 min
Author and historian Timothy Snyder’s 2017 book, On Tyranny, caught the attention of the masses with 20 lessons on how to combat the rise of tyranny. Here, he talks about the attention-capturing force of social media and what happens when you lose local news. Listen to hear three surprising things that we can all do to strengthen democracy.
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Author and historian Timothy Snyder’s 2017 book, On Tyranny, caught the attention of the masses with 20 lessons on how to combat the rise of tyranny. Here, he talks about the attention-capturing force of social media and what happens when you lose local news. Listen to hear three surprising things that we can all do to strengthen democracy.
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