obedience

As historian Timothy Snyder has been saying loud and clear, this is nothing but “obedience in advance,” giving up our power to an authoritarian that he needs to take control.

An overarching theme here is that the moves by the Post and the LA Times reflect what Timothy Snyder, the author of “On Tyranny,” calls “anticipatory obedience.”

Trump also reportedly wished that he could emulate Hitler in commanding total obedience from the military.

The Atlantic’s report also noted Trump saying he needs “the kind of generals Hitler had” after he grew frustrated with the U.S. military’s lack of blind obedience.

The contagion and the moral disengagement it causes provokes cruelty and obedience.