ICYMI - Timothy Snyder Discusses "On Tyranny" and How to Maintain a Democracy (Rebroadcast)

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🗓️ 12 January 2021

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Yale history professor and "On Tyranny" author Timothy Snyder weighs in on what the rise of European fascism can teach Americans about preserving democracy. Originally aired on The Daily Show on May 15, 2017.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:02.6	Ow!
0:04.0	Timothy Snyder.
0:06.0	CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:16.0	Welcome to the show.
0:17.0	So glad to be here.
0:18.0	You have written a book about tyranny.
0:22.0	Now, I don't understand why.
0:25.0	Why would you do this now?
0:27.0	I can't think of one good reason.
0:29.0	Yeah, the reason is everything that we know about history.
0:32.0	And the reason is the best American tradition,
0:34.0	which is that when you're in a moment of peril like this one,
0:37.0	you look around for how other people have failed,
0:40.0	and you learn from them.
0:43.0	So that's what the framers are Constitution did.
0:46.0	But now we have 200 more years of failed democracy,
0:50.0	and 200 years of smart people we can learn from.
0:52.0	The book tries to get that across in about 20 minutes.
0:55.0	You know what I will say, what I enjoy about the book is it's tiny,
0:59.0	it's easy to get through, and it's super interesting.
1:01.0	You've got a lot of history in this field.
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