@dangillmor "There is a rich history which correctly views the tyrant not as a symbol of strength but as a weak and contemptible figure, vain and fragile, addicted to fawning and praise, murdered in his heart by the most innocuous of criticism. The whole system of autocracy is one built on individual degeneracy, the strongman and the toadies together."

@dangillmor it is also essential to haver decentralized, censorship resistant distribution like RSS or Mastodon. Traditional media made a Faustian bargain with social media giants and that turned out just as you would expect.