Ukraine invasion used to influence the wrecker

Historian Timothy Snyder argues that Putin invaded Ukraine as a way to use his influence with the wrecker, supposing the latter became president of the US.

He also explains the importance of refusing to "obey in advance". Even if bigger and richer people are bowing down and obeying, we must continue to refuse.

"It's particularly distressing that it's the billionaires who have the media outlets, so who are in some sense the most powerful. Like, what do you have to be afraid of? Why don’t you do something interesting that the historians will remember you for instead? But I also want to say it’s not surprising. The reason we have Lesson One of On Tyranny is because we can’t count on the non-regime-proximate oligarchs to do the right thing. Like the regime-proximate oligarchs, like Elon Musk, they're doing the wrong thing."

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