More than 60 years ago, Hofstadter wrote this article. It stands up pretty well.
The Paranoid Style in American Politics, by Richard Hofstadter
harpers.org
July 24, 2026 at 1:51 PM
More than 60 years ago, Hofstadter wrote this article. It stands up pretty well.
Next reading: Hofstadter on the Paranoid Style in American Politics.
I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944:
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
January 1, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Next reading: Hofstadter on the Paranoid Style in American Politics.
What did Hofstadter see
September 25, 2026 at 1:12 AM
What did Hofstadter see
right we kept the lemma but got an anti-hofstadter hofstadter
February 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
right we kept the lemma but got an anti-hofstadter hofstadter
Meci.
Je sors de 2 séances de fitness, la GROSSE fatigue là
Je sors de 2 séances de fitness, la GROSSE fatigue là
Leonard Hofstadter Exhausted in Gym
Alt: Leonard Hofstadter Exhausted in Gym
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October 3, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Meci.
Je sors de 2 séances de fitness, la GROSSE fatigue là
Je sors de 2 séances de fitness, la GROSSE fatigue là
“If the time shall ever come,” wrote a small-town Midwestern editor in 1836, “when this mighty fabric shall totter … the cause will be found in the ignorance of the people.”
—Richard Hofstadter, “Anti-intellectualism in American Life”
—Richard Hofstadter, “Anti-intellectualism in American Life”
August 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
“If the time shall ever come,” wrote a small-town Midwestern editor in 1836, “when this mighty fabric shall totter … the cause will be found in the ignorance of the people.”
—Richard Hofstadter, “Anti-intellectualism in American Life”
—Richard Hofstadter, “Anti-intellectualism in American Life”
hofstadter, for what it's worth, took his L very well and says LLMs scare the shit out of him
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
hofstadter, for what it's worth, took his L very well and says LLMs scare the shit out of him
serious urge to draw chiyo's father's mouth on my latest purchase
September 20, 2026 at 6:58 PM
serious urge to draw chiyo's father's mouth on my latest purchase
The Paranoid Style in American Politics, by Richard Hofstadter
harpers.org
July 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
More Hofstadter, this is from a 1954 essay "The Pseudo-Conservative Revolt"
September 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
More Hofstadter, this is from a 1954 essay "The Pseudo-Conservative Revolt"
Ich wünschte mein Asthmaspray würde wirklich so gut und schnell funktionieren, wie es uns in Filmen vorgegaukelt wird 🙄
Leonard Hofstadter Uses Asthma Inhaler
Alt: Leonard Hofstadter Uses Asthma Inhaler
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September 23, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Ich wünschte mein Asthmaspray würde wirklich so gut und schnell funktionieren, wie es uns in Filmen vorgegaukelt wird 🙄
@arthurgoldwag.bsky.social is the intellectual heir to Hofstadter.
March 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
@arthurgoldwag.bsky.social is the intellectual heir to Hofstadter.
In 1974, the mathematician Douglas Hofstadter used a graphing calculator to find a fractal pattern in how electrons behave. His adviser dismissed it as numerology. The fractal, called the Hofstadter butterfly, is now known to be a real-life phenomenon. www.quantamagazine.org/ten-martini-...
August 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In 1974, the mathematician Douglas Hofstadter used a graphing calculator to find a fractal pattern in how electrons behave. His adviser dismissed it as numerology. The fractal, called the Hofstadter butterfly, is now known to be a real-life phenomenon. www.quantamagazine.org/ten-martini-...
Not going to name names, but a lot of academic historians owe Richard Hofstadter an apology.
me in 2016: trumpism is mostly about status threat
a bunch of dudes who have mostly disappeared from the internet and the writing game: you are a neoliberal elitist
consensus position of nearly a decade of scholarship in 2024: trumpism is about status threat
a bunch of dudes who have mostly disappeared from the internet and the writing game: you are a neoliberal elitist
consensus position of nearly a decade of scholarship in 2024: trumpism is about status threat
The Democrats’ pro-union strategy has been a bust
Despite Joe Biden’s historically pro-union policies, the Democrats’ share of the union vote is falling.
www.vox.com
October 17, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Not going to name names, but a lot of academic historians owe Richard Hofstadter an apology.
And I'd be grossly remiss in not name-checking The Paranoid Style In American Politics by Richard Hofstadter, written in the ancient times of 1964, yet startlingly relevant and fresh even today (harpers.org/archive/1964...).
The Paranoid Style in American Politics, by Richard Hofstadter
harpers.org
January 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
And I'd be grossly remiss in not name-checking The Paranoid Style In American Politics by Richard Hofstadter, written in the ancient times of 1964, yet startlingly relevant and fresh even today (harpers.org/archive/1964...).
Bloodless Hofstadter is the hero here.
September 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Bloodless Hofstadter is the hero here.
This is the Paranoid Style Hofstadter warned us about: hyperbolic, angry, suspicious and conspiratorial.
April 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is the Paranoid Style Hofstadter warned us about: hyperbolic, angry, suspicious and conspiratorial.
I might have Higham and Hofstadter mixed up there, but you get the idea.
January 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I might have Higham and Hofstadter mixed up there, but you get the idea.
A̶n̶t̶i̶ Hofstadter Lemma
renamed that real quick for a true king
renamed that real quick for a true king
February 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
A̶n̶t̶i̶ Hofstadter Lemma
renamed that real quick for a true king
renamed that real quick for a true king
Hofstadter depicts the paranoid style (right wing conspiracy mongering) as a kind of shadow figure for the right
September 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Hofstadter depicts the paranoid style (right wing conspiracy mongering) as a kind of shadow figure for the right
there is a reason hofstadter called him “the marx of the master class”
November 10, 2023 at 1:44 AM
there is a reason hofstadter called him “the marx of the master class”
It's also hard to know if this is just a 2025 reiteration of the paranoid political tradition Richard Hofstadter described as "pseudo-conservatism" back in the 1950s. bsky.app/profile/seth...
Richard Hofstadter in 1954, writing about the "rightist" dissenter of the 1950s. "He believes himself to be living in a world in which he is spied upon, plotted against, betrayed, and very likely destined for total ruin. He feels that his liberties have been arbitrarily and outrageously invaded..."
April 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's also hard to know if this is just a 2025 reiteration of the paranoid political tradition Richard Hofstadter described as "pseudo-conservatism" back in the 1950s. bsky.app/profile/seth...