The universal methodology of the tyrant is incrementalism.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Tyrants achieve control by introducing small, gradual changes that go unnoticed until it is too late.
- In plain terms
- Dictators gain power through small, slow changes.
- What can you take from it?
- Watch for gradual erosion of rights.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do small changes lead to big consequences?
- What signs indicate creeping authoritarianism?
Another view
Some policy changes are incremental for practical reasons not malicious ones.
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