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‘Real threat of autocracy’: Washington Post editorial staffers resign in forceful letters (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think he left it alone because he didn't need it. It was an investment and he sat on it until he suddenly needed it again. Well, here we are.

Analogy: a knife doesn't increase much in value over time and certainly isn't the most powerful weapon. But when people start to forget that you have a knife and what knives can do, your knife suddenly becomes incredibly valuable when someone says they're about the punch you in the face.