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Bloomberg Opinion writer. Elected "top neoliberal shill" of 2018. Occasionally posts anime gifs.

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    1. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 21

      If you want great historical insight on how fear of riots, cultural change, and the breakdown of social order can polarize and paralyze the country, read "Nixonland":https://www.amazon.com/Nixonland-Rise-President-Fracturing-America/dp/074324303X …

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      Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 21

      Note: In the 60s, riots, racial conflict and violence, and breakdown of social order were far more real than they are now. Trump is a farcical imitation/echo of Nixon.

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        1. Daniel Bergstresser‏ @dbergstresser Oct 21
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          Ever heard of the “Hard Hat Riot” during Vietnam? Unionized NYC construction workers descended on an anti-war protest and severely beat scores of protesters. The police appear to have been ineffective at the task of protecting protesters. Nixon made the union head Sec. of Labor.

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        2. Joe Smith  🇨🇦‏ @joesmith323 Oct 21
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          Yup. I remember the National Guard murdering peaceful protesters on an American campus. There was a feeling that the lid was going to blow off American society.

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        3. Joe Smith  🇨🇦‏ @joesmith323 Oct 21
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          pic.twitter.com/y8Khk0bOQV

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        1. Dmustache‏ @Dnlmsstch Oct 21
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          As Marx said history repeats first as tragedy then as a farce

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        2. Pivoting to Subpoena Power‏ @sbee_champion Oct 21
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          the weather underground conducted at least three dozen bombings in one year but idk some politicians got yelled at so it seems like a tossup.

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        1. Mark Sadowski‏ @masadowski Oct 21
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          In the 60s we didn’t have phones and a million cat gifs to keep us mostly preoccupied and docile

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        1. Brad ' 🐙 🌐' Hemak‏ @hemakhemak Oct 21
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          I've heard it argued that Trump is the death throws off Nixon's cultural movement. I want to believe this.

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        2. 137‏ @number137 Oct 21
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          reading Hofstadter in 'The Paranoid Style in American Politics' analysing the Goldwater campaign also echos like a thunder

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        3. 137‏ @number137 Oct 21
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          ↪️Trump is probably more of a Barry Goldwater than a Nixon wiedergänger

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        4. Theophrastus von Hohenheim‏ @IvanIlyich3 Oct 21
          Replying to @number137 @Noahpinion

          Barry Goldwater was a principled, libertarianish, small-government conservative. Trump is a populist, big-government opportunist who has no princples at all. Total opposites.

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        5. 137‏ @number137 Oct 21
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          Goldwater fixated on the southern strategy with a populist campaign basis and being at odds with the Republican establishment.

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        1. Ezra S Abrams‏ @Ezra_Abrams Oct 22
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          Those who were lynched are not quite agreeing with you over your definition of "violence"

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        1. (((Rich Stein)))‏ @RunRichRun Oct 22
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          Social order chaos obs true, but trump = more impulsive & less restrained—utterly lacking self-awareness & mostly devoid of close experienced advisors willing 2 risk speaking truth 2 insane power. Id run amok. Plus Nixon had a life in politics. trump?... https://www.newyorker.com/news/swamp-chronicles/is-fraud-part-of-the-trump-organizations-business-model …😱

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        1. 女脇の下 FINAL FORM‏ @CactuarFled Oct 21
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          Nixon knew shame enough to leave office

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        1. Jack Krull‏ @JDKrull Oct 21
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          In the 60's there was the excuse of a badly behaving generation coming of age. Today it's happening *despite* a well-behaved generation coming of age.

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        1. Keir‏ @keirrketel Oct 21
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          If trump was as competent as Nixon i’d be more afraid. Great recommendation

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        1. Tom Rampley‏ @TomRampley Oct 21
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          Our cultural conflicts are not as severe, but our politics is far worse leaving me skeptical of our ability to deal successfully with even our less intense social problems.

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        1. Jonathan Schneiderman‏ @j_schneiderman Oct 21
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          Genuine question: did Nixon actively incite/endorse violence the same way that Trump has repeatedly?

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        1. kar nels‏ @kar_nels Oct 21
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          Yeah, I keep thinking this about left and right freak outs these days. The left was fighting getting drafted to mass kill Vietnamese and getting shot and killed at protests and right was reacting to actual cities burning and things blowing up.

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