Do The Paranoid Style

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May 26, 2019

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Brett: “When fringe groups blame shadowy forces for their problems it is, at worst, delusional. It's inspired by historian Richard Hofstadter’s 1964 essay “The Paranoid Style in American Politics.” “But when those holding the levers of power do the same thing, it’s not delusion, it’s a method of delegitimizing the opposition. It’s a tool of authoritarianism.”