On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
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Sep 18, 2026
Melissa Dalton BradfordGUEST
Another wonderful scholar that I quote quite a bit in my book is, and, and perhaps you've already- Had him on your show, but your viewers are gonna know, your audience is gonna know.
Melissa Dalton BradfordGUEST
Timothy Snyder, who wrote that great little pithy book, On Tyranny, that should be on everyone's bed stand.
David KnightHOST
Mm-hmm.
Melissa Dalton BradfordGUEST
There you go, Dr. Snyder, I've just plugged you.
Julie MericaHOST
That's defending yourself.
Julie MericaHOST
The point is, the very first lesson in Timothy Snyder's 20 Lessons on Tyranny is do not obey in advance.
Julie MericaHOST
I feel like I'm saying it all the time in real life and to myself, but it's an important lesson because arbitrary, mindless obedience is the first required step towards total authoritarianism.
Julie MericaHOST
If you give a fascist your obedience, they will always take your freedom.
Kevin EikenberryHOST
So Ron, what are you reading these days?
Ron RobinsonGUEST
It's a little book called On Tyranny by Snyder.
Ron RobinsonGUEST
a business professor in Canada who writes on leadership, on tyranny.
Kevin EikenberryHOST
On tyranny, we will have that in the show notes as well as linked to Ron's book, The Practices, or excuse me, Practices of Resilient Companies Overcome Disruption with Compassion, Collaboration, and Knowledge.
Kevin EikenberryHOST
And I'll hold it up for those watching Ron, while you tell us, where do you want to point people? Where can they learn more about you, about the book, et cetera? Where do you want people to go to learn
Ron RobinsonGUEST
more? They would enjoy going to a website called ronspeaking.com.
Sophia BushHOST
He understands how countries lose democratic freedoms and how ordinary people like us fight to reclaim them.
Sophia BushHOST
He gave us a guide to recognize the warning signs of decline in his international bestseller, On Tyranny, 20 Lessons from the 20th Century.
Sophia BushHOST
It is a quick read, I promise you.
Sophia BushHOST
The book is literally small enough to fit in your back pocket.
Sophia BushHOST
And Timothy Snyder, he's got ideas.
Sophia BushHOST
So let's dive in with one of the coolest professors in the world.
Sophia BushHOST
I had to bust out my pocket sized on tyranny that I literally take everywhere with me.
Sophia BushHOST
And I've, after the last election, I ordered 10 more of them and I would just leave them at people's houses during parties.
Sophia BushHOST
He understands how countries lose democratic freedoms and how ordinary people like us fight to reclaim them.
Sophia BushHOST
He gave us a guide to recognize the warning signs of decline in his international bestseller, On Tyranny, 20 Lessons from the 20th Century.
Sophia BushHOST
It is a quick read, I promise you.
Sophia BushHOST
The book is literally small enough to fit in your back pocket.
Sophia BushHOST
And Timothy Snyder, he's got ideas.
Sophia BushHOST
So let's dive in with one of the coolest professors in the world.
Sophia BushHOST
I had to bust out my pocket sized on tyranny that I literally take everywhere with me.
Sophia BushHOST
And I've after the last election, I ordered 10 more of them and I would just leave them at people's houses during parties.
Jesse GillHOST
He describes the sudden urge to feel American and proud of being American in the face of such a tragedy and how strongly, he was drawn towards experiencing that sense of togetherness.
Jesse GillHOST
A big part of Hyatt's argument in that book is that humans are naturally groupish creatures, and that patriotism can function as a kind of psychological glue that allows large groups of people to trust one another, cooperate, and achieve common goals.
Jesse GillHOST
So how do we feel about this, huh? Patriotism as a function of humanity's groupish nature.
Jesse GillHOST
Is that a bad thing? It's funny because the idea of feeling like you belong to a group, working together more smoothly, and having goals that everyone can feel good about all sound great, right? It feels like a mixture of humanness and something a lot of us just strive for.
Jesse GillHOST
And the general idea of groupishness in this way is often frowned upon by American liberals compared to, say, conservatives.
Jesse GillHOST
We kind of talked about this stuff last episode.
Jesse GillHOST
Hyatt points this out in the same book when he explores patriotism from a political standpoint.
Jesse GillHOST
Conservatives tend to embrace patriotism more easily.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
So it's not like I'm writing about law standing way back over here, but it's like this is actually how it lands on my body.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
Um, and then the other book, uh, was, um, Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny, um, which I kind of have had on my desk really since it came out.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
Um, and that book is so tiny, um, and it's just a series of these, like, stories, like what we need to know.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
Um, but what it taught me is, like, you don't have to take days of people's time.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
So it's not like I'm writing about law standing way back over here, but it's like, this is actually how it lands on my body.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
And then the other book was Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny, which I kind of have had on my desk really since it came out.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
um and that book is so tiny um and it's just a series of these like stories like what we need to know um but what it taught me is like you don't have to take days of people's time like you can actually just communicate to them and that actually you shouldn't i i really believe that you know we need to honor people's attention and time and and kind of get to the point And tell them what they need to know.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
And so those two books are kind of alive and what this book is in that I weave my own story in and I'm honest about my positionality in writing this book.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
So it's not like I'm writing about law standing way back over here, but it's like, this is actually how it lands on my body.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
And then the other book was Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny, which I kind of have had on my desk really since it came out.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
um and that book is so tiny um and it's just a series of these like stories like what we need to know um but what it taught me is like you don't have to take days of people's time like you can actually just communicate to them and that actually you shouldn't i i really believe that you know we need to honor people's attention and time and and kind of get to the point And tell them what they need to know.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
And so those two books are kind of alive and what this book is in that I weave my own story in and I'm honest about my positionality in writing this book.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
So it's not like I'm writing about law standing way back over here, but it's like, this is actually how it lands on my body.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
And then the other book was Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny, which I kind of have had on my desk really since it came out.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
um and that book is so tiny um and it's just a series of these like stories like what we need to know um but what it taught me is like you don't have to take days of people's time like you can actually just communicate to them and that actually you shouldn't i i really believe that you know we need to honor people's attention and time and and kind of get to the point And tell them what they need to know.
Dimple AbichandaniGUEST
And so those two books are kind of alive and what this book is in that I weave my own story in and I'm honest about my positionality in writing this book.