I know we're down on Hofstadter these days, but this does seem to have nailed it: "The nation seems to slouch onward into its uncertain future like some huge inarticulate beast, too much attainted by wounds and ailments to be robust, but too strong and resourceful to succumb."
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It was already absurd when Hofstadter wrote it: among the most paranoid people in America were J. Edgar Hoover, James Jesus Angleton, LBJ, and Nixon. All major government officials.
5:19 PM - 12 Nov 2020
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