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    1. Noah Smith  🐇‏Verified account @Noahpinion 29 Sep 2019

      The paradox of doubt and critique.pic.twitter.com/aVev2MSbOp

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    2. Noah Smith  🐇‏Verified account @Noahpinion 29 Sep 2019

      ...and this is why I have a Yeats avatar.pic.twitter.com/NiK8sFSZdV

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    3. Noah Smith  🐇‏Verified account @Noahpinion 29 Sep 2019

      The paradox of revolution: Overthrow the Lord Ruler, and you may release the Spirit of Ruin.pic.twitter.com/hOwMtXmQYN

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    4. Noah Smith  🐇‏Verified account @Noahpinion 29 Sep 2019

      Hoffer slips in a pitch for inspiring but non-fanatical leaders.pic.twitter.com/G1d33n5rEx

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    5. Noah Smith  🐇‏Verified account @Noahpinion 29 Sep 2019

      Hoffer thinks that the key to a *good* mass movement - one that benefits the world instead of hurting it - is for the movement's fanatical phase to be very short.pic.twitter.com/Ctaj7f8wO7

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    6. Noah Smith  🐇‏Verified account @Noahpinion 29 Sep 2019

      And Hoffer thinks the key to having fanaticism be brief and temporary is for a movement to have a concrete, more-or-less realizable objective instead of eternal striving toward the creation of an impossible utopia.pic.twitter.com/P4ngeqNpCB

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    7. Noah Smith  🐇‏Verified account @Noahpinion 29 Sep 2019

      Hoffer thinks that a Hitler or Stalin might rise to power in America, but would probably be deposed fairly quickly.pic.twitter.com/WN1k9uhOED

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    8. Noah Smith  🐇‏Verified account @Noahpinion 29 Sep 2019

      Hoffer also offers, in passing, a plug for...Vladimir Lenin?pic.twitter.com/8Tpu3RjVZL

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    9. Noah Smith  🐇‏Verified account @Noahpinion 29 Sep 2019

      Remember: Hoffer doesn't think mass movements and revolutions are bad; he thinks they're necessary! But that because they're necessarily carried out by fanatics and bitter losers, they're very dangerous things, and should be brief and to-the-point.pic.twitter.com/IMAcDTRPdg

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    10. Noah Smith  🐇‏Verified account @Noahpinion 29 Sep 2019

      Anyway, "The True Believer" is just the mostly unsupported ranting of one guy. But it has many interesting ideas that might help to understand current events! You can order it here: https://www.amazon.com/True-Believer-Thoughts-Movements-Perennial/dp/0060505915/ref=mp_s_a_1_1 … (end)

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2019
      Replying to @Noahpinion

      That book is the “assume a spherical cow” of social movement sociology! Aka debunked by decades of actual empirical sociology research. It makes for a fun reading, I guess, as long as you don’t actually take it seriously. 🤷‍♀️

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      • Bill Seitz of FluxGarden stonebits George F Killgoar 3 Dr. Non-Linear g. "santa zoidberg" thompson sean 🧡 ↙️↙️↙️ 🌹Revolutionary💥Clown🍉 Max Kaehn Scot Johnson
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        2. Noah Smith  🐇‏Verified account @Noahpinion 30 Sep 2019
          Replying to @zeynep

          What are some examples of points that were debunked?

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        3. Nelson 'Buckle Up' Rosario  🇵🇷 🛷 ⚖ 👨‍💻 🏃‍♂️‏ @NelsonMRosario 30 Sep 2019
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          Yeah, I'd like to see that as well.

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