About this episode

Timothy Snyder discusses the current state of America and the importance of collective action against political leadership.

America is a wreck. The question is what are we going to do about it? As today’s guest, Timothy Snyder reminds us, every action we take, every group we join, every act of resistance we partake in, no matter how small, will help. That while the people in charge are doing everything possible to collapse American power and could be wildly successful, they could also fail spectacularly, and it’s up to us to convince people of that. We can’t keep thinking this man is irresistible, inevitable, or untouchable. He’s not even smart, and the choices he’s making are hurting us. We need a broad coalition to stand against what’s going on and then we need to start imagining what our country could be if we changed leadership. As always, IF YOU FIND WORTH IN WHAT WE DO, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You’ll get this podcast AD FREE, along with a bunch of other PERKS, like the rants directly to your inbox and the knowledge that you’re making this kind of highly researched, factual information possible. If that interests you, please go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and SUBSCRIBE TODAY!!! Thank you so much! xoPG Guest social: https://timothysnyder.org/ Twitter…

People in this episode

Host: Leigh McGowan

Guest: Timothy Snyder

Topics covered

• American politics
• resistance
• leadership change
• political action
• coalition building

Keywords

• politics
• resistance
• leadership
• American power
• coalition
• Timothy Snyder

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