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https://scholars.org/contribution/twenty-lessons-fighting-tyranny-twentieth https://scholars.org/contribution/twenty-lessons-fighting-ty... > Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.