ah theres very cool stuff by Woods and the other guy, I will dig it up now
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Replying to @lionel_trolling @jbouie and
Yeah, Bailyn and Wood have the goods but also worth looking at
@notjessewalker's book on conspiracy theories (which emphasizes, contra Hofstadter, how they have been pervasive on elite levels including centrist elites).1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet @lionel_trolling and
Wood's stuff on this is worth reading (and sure, read mine too), but Bailyn is the man here. THE IDEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION has the best discussion of Revolution-era conspiracy theorizing.
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Replying to @WilliamHogeland @notjessewalker and
Or, in the case of a revolution, that your not out to get them!
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Replying to @WilliamHogeland @UojiM and
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@lionel_trolling is in this thread, I'll toss in that one big fan of Bailyn was...Murray Rothbard. Who was, in turn, rather sympathetic to some of those founding-generation conspiracy theories.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @notjessewalker @WilliamHogeland and
hey you know murray was a smart guy in some ways
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Replying to @lionel_trolling @notjessewalker and
yeah i remember in his strategy doc for cato he's like conspiracy theories are good and useful
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I think that's right. They are potent tools of the de-legitimation you need before a revolution.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @lionel_trolling and
There are echoes of this belief in his disciple Lew Rockwell's 1990 "Case for Paleo-libertarianism" essay in Liberty. Which essay, I would argue, was genuinely prophetic alas.
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