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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      9. A few examples. Hofstadter: social darwinism was philosophy of plutocrats. Robert Bannister: there really no coherent philosophy & many political traditions selectively used Darwin.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      10. Hofstadter: Populists were bigoted, rural loons out of touch with modernity. Nugent/Goodwyn & many others: populists no more bigoted than elites they opposed & they had detailed, intelligent response to real problems.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      11.Hofstadter: McCarthyism grew out of populist tradition. Michael Rogin & others; Cold War liberalism prepared groundwork for McCarthyism & McCarthy himself supported by mid-western business elite.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      12. Hofstadter: paranoid flourish on radical fringes of society. American history as a whole: um: how do you explain J. Edgar Hoover, Richard Nixon or (post-Hofstadter) Donald Trump.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      13. Let's ponder more the paranoid style theory point: what have been the most destructive conspiracy theories in recent USA history?

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      14. J. Edgar Hoover's paranoid war against radicalism & civil rights had elite support from Palmer Raids till Nixon.

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      15. Conspiracy theory that North Vietnam was pawn of Red China (and not motivated by nationalism) was held by elites in JFK & LBJ administration & led to war.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      16. Conspiracy theories that led to Iraq War (Axis of Evil, Saddam-AQ connection, WMDs) all fostered by elites.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      17. If you want to see conspiracy theories go read editorial page of Bret Stephens old newspaper Wall Street Journal on climate change or Vince Foster.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      18. Ultimately, the appeal of Hofstadter is that he provides the comforting idea of a sensible center, relegating discontent & error to the margins. That's a false view of history.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018

      19. One last point: it's interesting how much of centrist punditry still relies not just on Hofstadter but other Cold War liberals (Niebuhr, Trilling). They remain foundational for a elite consensus worldview.

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        1. PoliticalProphet‏ @PuckProphet 27 Jan 2018
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          you like the guy , thanks for the lesson

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        1. Bread or Circuses‏ @sLOculture 27 Jan 2018
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          Any recommendations to counter his anti-intellectualism book?

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        1. NYC118  🇺🇦‏ @nyc118 27 Jan 2018
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          He was the first *serious* historian a generation read — high school in the 60s. Became a prism for the future.

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        1. Luis Balbino Arroyo‏ @LuisBalbino 27 Jan 2018
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          It’s really depressing. Also, reflexts ignorance of broader world trends both economic and political

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        1. Zach‏ @BarroldBonds 27 Jan 2018
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          It would perhaps be lazy to make a comp between the intellectual elites of Weimar Germany and the people you’re talking about, but it’s right there, so.

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        2. Jack Hart‏ @Queequeg1848 27 Jan 2018
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          Damn near impossible to do a history of consensus history WITHOUT using the works of Hofstadter, Niebuhr, or Trilling - right or wrong is not the point - these guys were public intellectuals engaged in a form of social criticism at a unique moment in our history. This insistance

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        3. Jack Hart‏ @Queequeg1848 27 Jan 2018
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          historical work providing demonstrable, quantifiable, "fact," killing academic history and has made the work of professional historians nearly useless at a time when our public discourse has utterly lost its contextual moorings.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Jan 2018
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          See: the Vietnam War.

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        1. Chris  🌻‏ @Spinchange 27 Jan 2018
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          Is "elite consensus" when less are more or more are less?pic.twitter.com/o794fZuUcC

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