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#9 – Sacrifice & Oppression at the Dawn of Tyranny

The Martyr Made Podcast

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The Rise of the State and the Rise of Political Tyranny

Tyranny doesn't necessarily have to be particularly oppressive on the everyday ground level toward most of the population. Even in liberal democracies, there is a death threat hiding behind every single law we pass. It's not a question of whether you can defend yourself afterwards and that it's just the nature of an institution that has monopoly on violence. The revolution in human life only has a before and an after.

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