This quote needs a context. The same issue was mentioned in “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the 20th Century” by Prof. Snyder. It is a very appropriate read for today’s times, and I think everyone should read it. It also is a relatively short book.
The tyrannts were able to change government and consolidate power, because people were apathetic and just accepted it (for example “this doesn’t affect me”).
Remember that Germany was a democracy when it turned into Nazism. Same thing can happen in US if we let it.
This quote needs a context. The same issue was mentioned in “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the 20th Century” by Prof. Snyder. It is a very appropriate read for today’s times, and I think everyone should read it. It also is a relatively short book.
The tyrannts were able to change government and consolidate power, because people were apathetic and just accepted it (for example “this doesn’t affect me”).
Remember that Germany was a democracy when it turned into Nazism. Same thing can happen in US if we let it.