The Cleansing of Ohio, Timothy Snyder

[applegrove]

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...

— Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) 2026-02-01T15:55:03.168Z

[SamuelTheThird]

1. The thing about Snyder...

He wrote Rules for Resistance, and then he flees to Canada.

Can't blame him too much, I'd be an expat if I had the means

[applegrove]

2. I think he planned to leave for Canada before Trump won.

Not a bad thing he is unmolested as he works. He does travel and write about the Trump WH every day it seems. Einstein and others moved to the USA before WWII and built the bomb before Hitler could make it. Professor Galloway is moving back from Europe to the USA to fight. People have to do what will have them most ready to fight in the way they best have to fight. I would think sometimes one who observes and explorers fascism may need to be free of personal experience of it at home. Not everyone can do a big picture when they are scared or being persecuted. There are enough Americans doing the first person accounts of fascism in the US I think. I had to move 4 times to get some peace. I've since gotten brighter as I am not always having anxiety attacks. I have ptsd instead.