“Fear is the mind-killer”

Your job is to stay calm in the face of terror

The pressure on the American psyche is as high as I’ve seen it in my lifetime. The fascist insurgency we’re experiencing is led by experts in psychological warfare who are trying to break our will and make us compliant.

You Are Experiencing MindWar

The primary lever they have over the majority of the population — the part that has not yet been indoctrinated into their death cult — is fear. It’s easy to forget that terrorism only exists because it creates psychological damage to the society it’s targeting.

The way to make terrorism fail is to refuse to be terrorized — to “be calm when the unthinkable comes.”

Timothy Snyder@TimothyDSnyder

Lesson 18 from "On Tyranny": Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. It is the oldest trick in their book. Do not fall for it.

4:27 PM · Oct 26, 2018

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You, dear reader, are being terrorized. Everything you’ve come to trust as part of American life is being attacked. And you have every right to be afraid of that.

To be afraid is to be human. But you must not be paralyzed by it. There is a difference between fear and terror.

Let the fear “pass over and through you” then throw some cold water on your face and think about what you plan to do to help save our country, and to protect yourself and your family as events unfold.

There is going to be a lot more terrorism — what Mike Flynn euphemistically calls “Local Action has a National Impact.” The “impact” is a choice by the people affected by the “action.”

There is going to be a lot to absorb in the near future. A lot to be afraid of. Your job is to understand that the fear is what they want. And to not be terrorized.

I know it’s a lot to ask, but it’s the only way to get to the other side of this. Suit up. 🇺🇸