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The Paranoid Style in American Politics (1964) (harpers.org)
12 points by jruohonen on Nov 17, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



> the megalomaniac view of oneself as the Elect, wholly good, abominably persecuted, yet assured of ultimate triumph

FWIW, I've been following the writings of Stewart Rhodes' son, and boy howdy do his descriptions of his father fit this noun phrase...

On the lighter side, I found the "cosplaytriots vs weebs" of https://dakotavadams.substack.com/p/gunshow amusing.




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