Your thought for the day:

Authoritarianism is not merely a matter of state control, it is something that eats away at who you are. It makes you afraid, and fear can make you cruel. It compels you to conform and to comply and accept things that you would never accept, to do things you never thought you would do.

— Sarah Kendizor, writing in The Correspondent, 11-18-2016

It’s a dark thought, but I’m in a dark mood.