1. El Autoritarismo Prospera en la Indiferencia Ciudadana.
El tema central recurrente es que el autoritarismo, la tiranía y las dictaduras dependen fundamentalmente de la apatía, el cinismo y el agotamiento de la población para poder establecerse y mantenerse.
- Authoritarianism thrives on apathy. Suppresses dissent until opposition feels helpless overloads people with propaganda lies creates legal systemic barriers to change exhausts people into giving up divides society to weaken resistance apathy their greatest weapon.
- Authoritarianism feeds on apathy silences dissent to make you feel powerless floods info to confuse distract builds legal walls to block change exhausts you into giving up divides us to keep us weak apathy is the weapon. Awareness is defense.
- Apathy and cynicism are exactly what authoritarians rely on to topple democracies. If youre not part of the solution, youre part of the problem.
- Authoritarianism thrives on apathy by suppressing dissent, spreading misinformation, creating systemic barriers, inducing fatigue, and fostering division. Recognizing these tactics is crucial combating apathy is essential to preserve democracy.
- This is by design! this is how authoritarian governments thrive. Constant chaos, fear, anger, instability, paranoia, and all things bad. Apathy is the goal. Wear people down to a shell so they are too overwhelmed to care. Dont let them!!
- Apathy allows tyranny to flourish unironically like apathy allows cockroaches to flourish. I think the whole thing has to collapse before the country wakes the fuck up.
- Apathy is the strongest arrow in the dictators quiver. The fear, hopelessness, acceptance of an inevitability keeps the critical mass at home.
- When the history of us fall into authoritarianism is written, apathy will be at the forefront. Witnesses will say they were confused, collaborators will say they did not believe it was that bad, victims will never have the chance to speak. Do not comply in advance-resist.
- For any dictatorship to succeed there are certain essential prerequisites and one of the main ones is engendering apathy and despondency. Without same a dictatorship is doomed to fail. The regime is unleashing an onslaught of unethical and illegal acts which not only serves its dark agenda 1.
- Political apathy is an authoritarian leaderships best friend. I think i saw this posted on tt by . Powerful words for todays political arena.
- Apathy is the biggest asset dictatorships have. If the people cant be bothered to protect their freedoms then its much easier to take them away.
- People must be careful and not become silence or indifferenceone of the most powerful enablers of atrocities is public apathy. When people choose comfort over truth, or dismiss early warnings as exaggerations, authoritarianism thrives.
- Patience! good will prevail!! fear and apathy are the twin tools of authoritarianism empathy and solidarity are their antidotes. From u.s. Streets to european ballot boxes, ordinary people are proving that democracy is not dyingit is fighting back, one courageous act at a time.
- Anyway the obvious solution is to be authoritarian for good and let voter apathy be a total non-issue. Dotp baybee.
- Dictators want you to lose hope and become apathetic. Apathy does their work for them. Believing your actions matter, and then following through, is the super power that defeats dictators.
- Retreating into apathy only accelerates the slide toward authoritarianism. Now, more than ever, vigilance and active participation are essential to uphold our democracy.
- Apathy doesnt fucking work in the face of tyranny you stupid fucks. Apathy doesnt work in the face of oppression and violence. Anyone who bragged about picking apathy is a fucking idiot and a tool.
- Your new rulers are counting on your apathy. You need to angry to the point of mass civil disobedience.
- And the general fedupness of average citizens who are allowing - in some cases willing - authoritarianism into a place of credibility. Peoples apathy and longings for change are being exploited by grifters selling the promise of a better future.
- This defeatism attitude is not going to help, although i totally understand and inside i feel the same way. Authoritarian governments prerogative is to make it citizens complacent through apathy or make them feel like their voice doesnt matter.
- Once apathy, corruption, or selfishness take over, such a society becomes vulnerable to authoritarianism not imposed from without but welcomed from within. 22.
- Rather than brainwashing us, the objective of the totalitarian is to bludgeon us into apathy, resignation and passivity. If youre fed up barely four months into the regimes misrule, how will you feel 44 months from now?
- Modern authoritarian propaganda, of the kind we are about to receive from the pentagon and perhaps other government agencies, isnt designed to produce true believers or mass movements. Its designed to produce apathy.
- Exactly. Authoritarianism thrives on division apathy. When we fail to act together, we hand him power by default. Resistance isnt just protestits unity with purpose. If we want to preserve democracy, we must show uptogether, loud unrelenting. Solidarity is our only path forward.
- Its part of the nature of autocracy to narcotize people into numbness, delusion, fear, and a kind of self-perpetuating apathy.
- Because people like you create voter apathy. Voter apathy helps authoritarians achieve and maintain power. Thats it. No grand conspiracy, just plain old fashioned assholes wanting to recreate a world where dictators are free to pillage.
- Apathy is high. If you know people on the fence, ask them to enter this question into chatgpt - are there parallels between current u.s. Politics and the rise of authoritarian governments in history? - are they ok with the response?
- Thanks for this aaron, apathy is the greatest gift you can give a tyrant. They cant admit defeat publicly so they tuck tail and let their subordinates take the blame for their failures.
- Americans apathy is how we got here how the regime is continuing its atrocities against the people in this nation.
- Peaceful protests and civil disobedience like the trump tower lobby one must not stop. Apathy and exhaustion enables authoritarianism.
- Apathy, cowardice and silence is what totalitarian regimes depend on. It takes courage to live in truth, to speak that truth back to power stand in resistance to this regimes silent take over, this regimes vocal revisionism and prejudice, it takes the kind of courage that animated.
- 8 remember authoritarians rely on fear and apathy. They want you overwhelmed so you dont act. Small, consistent actions matter. Millions of us doing tiny things create resistance too big to ignore. Keep going. We will win.
- One of the central tactics of authoritarianism is to overwhelm you by its relentless lack of humanity and harsh coercion into apathy and despair. This is why hope matters.-rev. Benjamin cremer continuing here or in comments didnt want to link to fb.
- Complicity, fear, apathy and ignorance are the levers of despotism publicly shame the complicit embolden the fearful motivate the apathetic educate the ignorant 44.
- Tyranny depends on learned helplessness apathy thus becomes collusion. And public resistance is the most important factor in protecting democracy from autocratic takeover. This engaging discussion is full of hope and practical information about how to push back.
- Recognize political engagement isnt a 1-time act, but unrelenting effort. Authoritarianism thrives in apathy, exhaustion the slow, creeping erosion of civic participation. At this pointyou must be the action, you must expect a 40 year battle.
- Authoritarian regimes with sophisticated means to squash dissent end when they implode. This collapse is either of their own making or as a result of external pressures it can no longer overcome. Until that time, disinformation and repression makes apathy reign.
- They blithely break their oath and harm citizens could have been prevented if people had not given into the apathy which 47 et al engendered as they strove to create their dictatorship. Disillusionment and apathy are building blocks for any dictatorship. Although adverse to books and the 3.
- No government, no matter how well-formed or well-intentioned, can protect against apathy. That power rests solely and entirely with the people.
- Fear and apathy are the biggest friends of an authoritarian regime. Defiance., determination, and people supporting each other are the biggest threat to an authoritarian regime.
- Were a sad lot. The comments i get from folks i know are going to be directly affected are pathetic. But, modern authoritarianism doesnt just do away w elections, they simply rig them beat down t opposition. Looks left, looks right i see apathy we havent even started.
- Make the public feel powerless, confused and disengaged. The more people tune out, the easier it becomes for them to consolidate power. But dont let them succeed. Fear apathy are their weapons. Find your cause stay focused build community authoritarians want you to believe your efforts dont.
- The answer isnt despair, its action. Defend those being silenced. Support independent media. Know your rights and use them. Authoritarianism thrives on apathy. Democracy survives when we refuse to be quiet. Must read from .com thank you.
- I agree. But there is an inherent inefficiency in dictatorship that is telling in the long term. This isnt a counsel for apathy, but for hope. However dreadful dictators appear to be, they drive the nations they dominate towards irrelevance. They are, ironically, anti-nationalists.
- What can you do today? the overwhelming violations to human rights and the outright cruelty can bring a feeling of defeat. People living under authoritarianism often experience an erosion of hope that leads to apathy and a lack of action. Find ways to seek out and cultivate hope.
- Thank you, so astute. Agree completely. Authoritarianism doesnt demand loyalty from anyone. It only needs their apathy. Not caring is cooperation silence is consent. It thrives in comfort zones. When people say this doesnt affect me. Thats how it spreads quietly, through disinterest.
- This republican administration wants you to feel powerless. The gop wants you to think change isnt possible. This white house wants you to give up. So dont. Authoritarianism depends on apathy, but democracy requires engaged citizens!
- The purposefully designed shock and awe attacks on your country by 47 et al and the republicans are geared towards overwhelming the masses and engendering apathy and disillusionment, two prerequisites in forming any dictatorship. The plethora of egregious, unconstitutional and abhorrent acts 1.
- This is what political radicalization looks like. Unfiltered, unashamed and weaponized. Youre meant to feel sick reading it. Thats the point. If we keep softening the horror, people will stop recognizing it for what it is. The final stage of political radicalization is apathy.
- A dictatorship cannot be built without apathy and disillusionment. Please america never give up.
- Polarisation is exhausting exhaustion fuels political apathythat feeling of why bother voting, it wont make a difference or i cant change anything anyway, why bother. Authoritarians, unlike their totalitarian counterparts, want the population disengaged from and disinterested in.
- There needs to be public resistance to disinformation and apathy. That is what authoritarian populists depend on.
- This is exactly what authoritarian regimes do turn peaceful protests into war zones silence dissent wrap it all in nationalist, military propaganda we cant meet this moment with silenceor apathy.
- Apathy and ignorance are like premium fertilizer for authoritarianism. When people dont care or dont know whats going on, its a free pass for power grabs. No ones watching the store, so the thieves can just stroll in. Historically, thats the playbook.
- .is what oppressive regimes need because one of the requirements necessary for tyranny to concentrate their malicious power over others is our societal apathy, indifference, silence, disengagement, disunity, infighting, ignorance, and inaction. I feel we are on bsky to do and be the opposite.
- The sheer volume of egregious deeds against americans by the regime is designed to engender apathy and disillusionment. Both are essential building blocks for any dictatorship. The simple truth however is 47 et al and the republicans can be stopped if all good americans step up and do whatever 1.
- Terrible to see how easily masses are manipulated and effectively drugged. Apathy, despair, inaction or complicity sweep us all towards totalitarianism.
- Its amazing what a maniacal authoritarian can accomplish these days with just the right amount of fear and apathy.
- Osheeirl threads the machinery of repression rarely hides. It wears a flag. It quotes scripture. It calls itself lawful. Do not look away. Do not wait for permission to care. Apathy is the fuel authoritarianism burns hottest.
- We probably do agree, but in the end i dont blame the authoritarians. I blame we the voters, and especially those who choose not to vote. Apathy is producing its returns and i fear 2026 is our last chance to do something about it.
- This is what political radicalization looks like. Unfiltered, unashamed and weaponized. Youre meant to feel sick reading it. Thats the point. If we keep softening the horror, people will stop recognizing it for what it is. The final stage of political radicalization is apathy.
- A dictatorship cannot be built without apathy and disillusionment. Please america never give up.
- Polarisation is exhausting exhaustion fuels political apathythat feeling of why bother voting, it wont make a difference or i cant change anything anyway, why bother. Authoritarians, unlike their totalitarian counterparts, want the population disengaged from and disinterested in.
- There needs to be public resistance to disinformation and apathy. That is what authoritarian populists depend on.
- This is exactly what authoritarian regimes do turn peaceful protests into war zones silence dissent wrap it all in nationalist, military propaganda we cant meet this moment with silenceor apathy.
- Apathy and ignorance are like premium fertilizer for authoritarianism. When people dont care or dont know whats going on, its a free pass for power grabs. No ones watching the store, so the thieves can just stroll in. Historically, thats the playbook.
- .is what oppressive regimes need because one of the requirements necessary for tyranny to concentrate their malicious power over others is our societal apathy, indifference, silence, disengagement, disunity, infighting, ignorance, and inaction. I feel we are on bsky to do and be the opposite.
- The sheer volume of egregious deeds against americans by the regime is designed to engender apathy and disillusionment. Both are essential building blocks for any dictatorship. The simple truth however is 47 et al and the republicans can be stopped if all good americans step up and do whatever 1.
- Terrible to see how easily masses are manipulated and effectively drugged. Apathy, despair, inaction or complicity sweep us all towards totalitarianism.
- Its amazing what a maniacal authoritarian can accomplish these days with just the right amount of fear and apathy.
- Osheeirl threads the machinery of repression rarely hides. It wears a flag. It quotes scripture. It calls itself lawful. Do not look away. Do not wait for permission to care. Apathy is the fuel authoritarianism burns hottest.
- We probably do agree, but in the end i dont blame the authoritarians. I blame we the voters, and especially those who choose not to vote. Apathy is producing its returns and i fear 2026 is our last chance to do something about it.
- This is what political radicalization looks like. Unfiltered, unashamed and weaponized. Youre meant to feel sick reading it. Thats the point. If we keep softening the horror, people will stop recognizing it for what it is. The final stage of political radicalization is apathy.
- A dictatorship cannot be built without apathy and disillusionment. Please america never give up.
- Polarisation is exhausting exhaustion fuels political apathythat feeling of why bother voting, it wont make a difference or i cant change anything anyway, why bother. Authoritarians, unlike their totalitarian counterparts, want the population disengaged from and disinterested in.
- There needs to be public resistance to disinformation and apathy. That is what authoritarian populists depend on.
- This is exactly what authoritarian regimes do turn peaceful protests into war zones silence dissent wrap it all in nationalist, military propaganda we cant meet this moment with silenceor apathy.
- Apathy and ignorance are like premium fertilizer for authoritarianism. When people dont care or dont know whats going on, its a free pass for power grabs. No ones watching the store, so the thieves can just stroll in. Historically, thats the playbook.
- .is what oppressive regimes need because one of the requirements necessary for tyranny to concentrate their malicious power over others is our societal apathy, indifference, silence, disengagement, disunity, infighting, ignorance, and inaction. I feel we are on bsky to do and be the opposite.
- The sheer volume of egregious deeds against americans by the regime is designed to engender apathy and disillusionment. Both are essential building blocks for any dictatorship. The simple truth however is 47 et al and the republicans can be stopped if all good americans step up and do whatever 1.
- Terrible to see how easily masses are manipulated and effectively drugged. Apathy, despair, inaction or complicity sweep us all towards totalitarianism.
- Its amazing what a maniacal authoritarian can accomplish these days with just the right amount of fear and apathy.
- Osheeirl threads the machinery of repression rarely hides. It wears a flag. It quotes scripture. It calls itself lawful. Do not look away. Do not wait for permission to care. Apathy is the fuel authoritarianism burns hottest.
- We probably do agree, but in the end i dont blame the authoritarians. I blame we the voters, and especially those who choose not to vote. Apathy is producing its returns and i fear 2026 is our last chance to do something about it.
- This is what political radicalization looks like. Unfiltered, unashamed and weaponized. Youre meant to feel sick reading it. Thats the point. If we keep softening the horror, people will stop recognizing it for what it is. The final stage of political radicalization is apathy.
- A dictatorship cannot be built without apathy and disillusionment. Please america never give up.
- Polarisation is exhausting exhaustion fuels political apathythat feeling of why bother voting, it wont make a difference or i cant change anything anyway, why bother. Authoritarians, unlike their totalitarian counterparts, want the population disengaged from and disinterested in.
- There needs to be public resistance to disinformation and apathy. That is what authoritarian populists depend on.
- This is exactly what authoritarian regimes do turn peaceful protests into war zones silence dissent wrap it all in nationalist, military propaganda we cant meet this moment with silenceor apathy.
- Apathy and ignorance are like premium fertilizer for authoritarianism. When people dont care or dont know whats going on, its a free pass for power grabs. No ones watching the store, so the thieves can just stroll in. Historically, thats the playbook.
- .is what oppressive regimes need because one of the requirements necessary for tyranny to concentrate their malicious power over others is our societal apathy, indifference, silence, disengagement, disunity, infighting, ignorance, and inaction. I feel we are on bsky to do and be the opposite.
- The sheer volume of egregious deeds against americans by the regime is designed to engender apathy and disillusionment. Both are essential building blocks for any dictatorship. The simple truth however is 47 et al and the republicans can be stopped if all good americans step up and do whatever 1.
- Terrible to see how easily masses are manipulated and effectively drugged. Apathy, despair, inaction or complicity sweep us all towards totalitarianism.
- Its amazing what a maniacal authoritarian can accomplish these days with just the right amount of fear and apathy.
- Osheeirl threads the machinery of repression rarely hides. It wears a flag. It quotes scripture. It calls itself lawful. Do not look away. Do not wait for permission to care. Apathy is the fuel authoritarianism burns hottest.
- We probably do agree, but in the end i dont blame the authoritarians. I blame we the voters, and especially those who choose not to vote. Apathy is producing its returns and i fear 2026 is our last chance to do something about it.
- This is what political radicalization looks like. Unfiltered, unashamed and weaponized. Youre meant to feel sick reading it. Thats the point. If we keep softening the horror, people will stop recognizing it for what it is. The final stage of political radicalization is apathy.
- A dictatorship cannot be built without apathy and disillusionment. Please america never give up.
- Polarisation is exhausting exhaustion fuels political apathythat feeling of why bother voting, it wont make a difference or i cant change anything anyway, why bother. Authoritarians, unlike their totalitarian counterparts, want the population disengaged from and disinterested in.
- There needs to be public resistance to disinformation and apathy. That is what authoritarian populists depend on.
- This is exactly what authoritarian regimes do turn peaceful protests into war zones silence dissent wrap it all in nationalist, military propaganda we cant meet this moment with silenceor apathy.
- Apathy and ignorance are like premium fertilizer for authoritarianism. When people dont care or dont know whats going on, its a free pass for power grabs. No ones watching the store, so the thieves can just stroll in. Historically, thats the playbook.
- .is what oppressive regimes need because one of the requirements necessary for tyranny to concentrate their malicious power over others is our societal apathy, indifference, silence, disengagement, disunity, infighting, ignorance, and inaction. I feel we are on bsky to do and be the opposite.
- The sheer volume of egregious deeds against americans by the regime is designed to engender apathy and disillusionment. Both are essential building blocks for any dictatorship. The simple truth however is 47 et al and the republicans can be stopped if all good americans step up and do whatever 1.
- Terrible to see how easily masses are manipulated and effectively drugged. Apathy, despair, inaction or complicity sweep us all towards totalitarianism.
- Its amazing what a maniacal authoritarian can accomplish these days with just the right amount of fear and apathy.
- Osheeirl threads the machinery of repression rarely hides. It wears a flag. It quotes scripture. It calls itself lawful. Do not look away. Do not wait for permission to care. Apathy is the fuel authoritarianism burns hottest.
- We probably do agree, but in the end i dont blame the authoritarians. I blame we the voters, and especially those who choose not to vote. Apathy is producing its returns and i fear 2026 is our last chance to do something about it.
- This is what political radicalization looks like. Unfiltered, unashamed and weaponized. Youre meant to feel sick reading it. Thats the point. If we keep softening the horror, people will stop recognizing it for what it is. The final stage of political radicalization is apathy.
- A dictatorship cannot be built without apathy and disillusionment. Please america never give up.
- Polarisation is exhausting exhaustion fuels political apathythat feeling of why bother voting, it wont make a difference or i cant change anything anyway, why bother. Authoritarians, unlike their totalitarian counterparts, want the population disengaged from and disinterested in.
- There needs to be public resistance to disinformation and apathy. That is what authoritarian populists depend on.
- This is exactly what authoritarian regimes do turn peaceful protests into war zones silence dissent wrap it all in nationalist, military propaganda we cant meet this moment with silenceor apathy.
- Apathy and ignorance are like premium fertilizer for authoritarianism. When people dont care or dont know whats going on, its a free pass for power grabs. No ones watching the store, so the thieves can just stroll in. Historically, thats the playbook.
- .is what oppressive regimes need because one of the requirements necessary for tyranny to concentrate their malicious power over others is our societal apathy, indifference, silence, disengagement, disunity, infighting, ignorance, and inaction. I feel we are on bsky to do and be the opposite.
- The sheer volume of egregious deeds against americans by the regime is designed to engender apathy and disillusionment. Both are essential building blocks for any dictatorship. The simple truth however is 47 et al and the republicans can be stopped if all good americans step up and do whatever 1.
- Terrible to see how easily masses are manipulated and effectively drugged. Apathy, despair, inaction or complicity sweep us all towards totalitarianism.
- Its amazing what a maniacal authoritarian can accomplish these days with just the right amount of fear and apathy.
- Osheeirl threads the machinery of repression rarely hides. It wears a flag. It quotes scripture. It calls itself lawful. Do not look away. Do not wait for permission to care. Apathy is the fuel authoritarianism burns hottest.
- We probably do agree, but in the end i dont blame the authoritarians. I blame we the voters, and especially those who choose not to vote. Apathy is producing its returns and i fear 2026 is our last chance to do something about it.
- This is what political radicalization looks like. Unfiltered, unashamed and weaponized. Youre meant to feel sick reading it. Thats the point. If we keep softening the horror, people will stop recognizing it for what it is. The final stage of political radicalization is apathy.