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Defending Against Fascism — An Audiobook Syllabus · 3:48

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[Verse 1]
When the pressure starts to build around you
Three choices wait, what will you do?
Exit means you walk away
Voice means you choose to stay and say
Loyalty keeps you silent, hoping things will change
Hirschman mapped the human range

[Chorus]
Exit, voice, or loyalty
That's the choice in front of me
Most don't pick the evil side
They just want somewhere to hide
Comfort, silence, or delay
That's how freedom slips away
Moral collapse comes first you see
Before the fall of democracy

[Verse 2]
Primo Levi saw the gray between
Black and white, the space unseen
Not just victims, not just guards
But all the people playing cards
With conscience, making small concessions
Trading dignity for lesser stressing

[Chorus]
Exit, voice, or loyalty
That's the choice in front of me
Most don't pick the evil side
They just want somewhere to hide
Comfort, silence, or delay
That's how freedom slips away
Moral collapse comes first you see
Before the fall of democracy

[Bridge]
Accommodation's the real threat
Not the fanatics that we dread
Step by step, degree by degree
Normal people bend the knee
Not to evil, but to ease
Choosing quiet, choosing peace

[Verse 3]
When you see the warning signs
Will you speak or fall in line?
History shows us clear as day
How good people look away
The gray zone grows when we don't choose
And inch by inch, we always lose

[Chorus]
Exit, voice, or loyalty
That's the choice in front of me
Most don't pick the evil side
They just want somewhere to hide
Comfort, silence, or delay
That's how freedom slips away
Moral collapse comes first you see
Before the fall of democracy

[Outro]
Don't choose comfort over courage
Don't let silence be your homage
Exit, voice, or loyalty
Choose the one that keeps us free

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