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Almost 60 years ago March 16, 2024 9:42 pm podrock

The Paranoid Style in American Politics was published in Harpers Magazine in November of 1964. Written by Richard Hofstadter it deserves to be read on a regular basis. Within the essay one can see the very current that exists today. It is amazing. Sure, the names have changed, but the technique is being employed with the power and reach of the internet. No longer mimeographed pages, this style of fear now propagates on blogs, Twitter, Youtube, and thousands of other digital sources.

https://harpers.org/archive/1964/11/the-paranoid-style-in-american-politics/

  • I don't think this is a purely American phenomenon. by ER 2024-03-17 09:28:25
    • Its very much American by RL 2024-03-17 10:00:08
      • An observation: by podrock 2024-03-17 13:12:12
        • March Madness by ER 2024-03-17 16:21:28
        • There certainly is a definite American anti-intellectualism. by ER 2024-03-17 11:12:49

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