Historian Timothy Snyder: ‘Freedom is positive’ and ‘being joyous is the first step’

Seven years ago, Timothy Snyder wrote the best-selling book “On Tyranny.” His new book “On Freedom” is a rumination of what it truly means to be free, especially during a time when authoritarianism has been making strides around the world. “Being against things is just the beginning; you have to know what you’re for,” Snyder tells Ali Velshi. “Being angry is not the right first step. Being joyous is the right first step.” He adds, “We have to be rebels in our time and try to make the future better than the present. That’s what freedom is.”



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[PinPointEye]

Our fate is in our collective hands. Without a constructive mindset that is common to us all, we lose control of our fate.

[grsafran]

People all over the world want freedom BUT they don't want other people to have freedom.

[Alma]

These comments here are really disgusting. Most of them are evidence for written by people who don’t understand the minimum of the meaningful work of professor Snyder. He is very estimated here in Europe. And he is right in saying that it is up to everyone to cultivate personal freedom! Please don’t make such disrespectful remarks about others!

[theseahagg]

So many worthy books for the reading these days. I read a lot & can still hardly keep up with the array of great choices these days. Happy for Velshi & happy for MSNBC, thank you!

[benjaminrudolph]

Tim Snyder makes sense! Cool. Fight for your freedom every day. Freedom comes from within not from without...choose hope. Peace. Togetherness. Help others. Be positive. Feel joy of your being! Yes! Now you can troll me you negative people but you will never prevail!

[tracevicente]

Only 425 likes of this conversation? What a sin. Fan of you both.

[DaisyMae-edlp]

The best freedom in America would be freedom from religion.

[robertus]

Freedom comes only when one has financial security. If you don't have any money. You can't go were you want. You can't buy what you want. You really can't do much without money. Citizen in American fight for their freedom every day. They just do it in the workplace and not in the battlefield. In this country today I see election manipulations every election. People are weird when it comes to discrimination. The Ukraine people are resilient people. They overthrew a Russian puppet gov. A gov that suppressed them for years. The Ukraine people may not have nuclear weapons, but they do have nuclear power plants they can blow up and contaminate all of E.U and Russia with radiation. Ukraine too can threaten Russia with nuclear radiation.

[davidjames]

*The big problem we're facing at the moment Ali is that the supposed Guardian of **_"The Good Things"_** - AG Merrick Garland - has gone AWOL*

[poder]

Freedom is the constant pursuit of happiness

[robertbirch]

Ukraine is a country in Europe, a holistic country

[waeljallad]

history is never dead, it's not even past

"The past is never dead. It's not even past." William Faulkner

[sergeant_salty]

Being joyous doesn't make food affordable again

[exwp]

According to the constitution we are endowed by “the creator”. Not given freedom by the government.

[Audace]

Whats more anti american? Tariffs or corporate taxes?

[ShannonJacobs]

#1 Freedom == (Meaningful + Truthful - Coercion^2) Choice{~5} ≠ (Beer^4+ | Speech | Trade)

Capish?

[jont]

Trump 2024🇺🇸💯✊✊
Make America safe again specially New York☮️

[grahamjones]

Timothy Snyder:"Orange man bad. Buy my book. Me need money."

[amartin]

The world has been ran by people that went to Harvard and Yale. I’ll be impressed, when I see some better results. 😮

[winstonsmith]

I was just thinking of the TamponTim thing... even if a boy turns into a girl, he wouldn't need aTampon. I'm trying to understand Timmy's thought process on that one.