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msongs

(67,413 posts)
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 07:48 PM Jan 2017

2 good reads while you contemplate high dems who are already planning to appease trump -

from dKos
The writings of activist and author Masha Gessen instantly became must-read material when, following Donald Trump's win, she penned “Autocracy: Rules for Survival.” Gessen’s insights were driven by her experiences living in Russia under the rule of Vladimir Putin, and the piece enumerated six rules that serve as a gut check for right action amid the political drift of our time. But a second piece she published contemplating how much compromise could be too much compromise in a Trump presidency is also essential reading.

rules to survive autocrats -
http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival/

pt 2 trump the choice we face
http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/27/trump-realism-vs-moral-politics-choice-we-face/

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