@HeerJeet Rereading Anti-intellectualism in American Life at the moment; his insistence on “businessmen” as non-elite is frustrating.
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@billmon1 There's definitely some insight there but he ignores how conspiracy theories aren't just popular folly but also have elite origins -
@HeerJeet@billmon1 Political scientist Michael Rogin was saying this in the 1960s: http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/30629
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@billmon1 I mean, a lot of what we call McCarthyism was actually Hooverism, and came from FBI, not yokels in Wisconsin.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@billmon1 Martin's "Rich Peoples Movements" is an interesting history of this sort of stuff.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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