There were six of us at my house for Timothy Snyder's book "On Tyranny"; Maddy, Linda, Margie, Mary, Sheri, and me. We did have an interesting discussion. We primarily discussed what are the key principles of democracy, the parallels the US now has with Europe in the early and mid 20th century, and how we might combat those trends and take personal action. We were all pretty much in agreement that this situation is not about our current president, Donald Trump, per se but about our society and how it has evolved. We talked about the discrepancy in the distribution of wealth and how the current Republican tax plan would make the discrepancy worse. It is rather difficult to sum up the conversation because it was about issues we talk about all the time now. No easy answers present themselves except to support institutions we believe in, look everyone in the eye, come to your own conclusions and use your own words, make sure what you say is based on the truth, and read long researched news rather than listen to the news or look on TV. Also get out in the street and protest rather than sign petitions!
by Paige Noon
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