Václav Havel's 1978 essay "The Power of the Powerless" feels written for today. His warning: tyranny survives through everyday compliance — ordinary people acting as if they believe what they know is false.
#Democracy #PowerOfThePowerless #auspol $AUSPOL
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Chris White from #VisionIreland builds on #MarkCarney speech at #Davos at the #IAAPEU conference in #Dublin today. It was interesting to hear the #GreenGrocer metaphor of the #PowerOfThePowerless be applied in the #Disability #Accessibility community.
Carney's message is resonating.
Chris White from #VisionIreland builds on @mark-carney.bsky.social speech at #Davos at the #IAAPEU conference in #Dublin today. It was interesting to hear the #GreenGrocer metaphor of the #PowerOfThePowerless be applied in the #Disability #Accessibility community.
#Carney is resonating.
#CarneyStandsStrong #BullyPolitics #PowerofthePowerless
"We are building a new order that recognizes our values; honesty, democracy, respect for human rights, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and rejection of living in a lie.
We know what Trump is, and where he is taking us, but it's our apathy that'll allow him to do this. we need to consider how he got that power & who put him there & who will come after him if he goes. We need bring down the digital olligarchy: Thread to follow🧵
#Trump #democracy #powerofthepowerless
Finally got my hands on a copy of Vaclav Havel's Power of the Powerless!
It's an essay & manual on how to bring about change & to bring down Tyranny, by means of solidarity & non-compliance. Could be quite useful in these precarious times. 📚
#VaclavHavel #PowerofthePowerless #solidarity
of the post-totalitarian system, with the illusion that the system is in harmony with the human order and the order of the universe." Vaclav Havel
#propaganda #authoritarianism #dictatorship #totalitarianism #maga #confederacy #rightwingextremism #republicans #conservative #powerofthepowerless
Book cover "The Power ot The Powerless" by Václav Havel
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Everyone is living partially in the truth and partially in the lie is his captivating theses. Living in the truth is the power of the powerless. Reads more up-to-date than one would wish. #VáclavHavel #powerofthepowerless
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Time to united farmers hit by Trump policies. Dems should engage this community, discuss possible legislation, needs etc. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov #PowerofthePowerless. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
