![]() To further insulate themselves from unwelcome realities, they withdraw themselves into belief-reaffirming media enclaves. More and more people live in communities surrounded by like-minded neighbors, as Bill Bishop and Robert Cushing demonstrate in their book, The Big Sort. ![]() Modern politics institutionalizes paranoia. In short: it seems like Richard Hofstadter’s most famous book, The Paranoid Style in American Politics, has never been more relevant. The president’s birth certificate is a fake! No, the evidence for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was faked! You’re a Marxist! You’re a torturer! The most popular host on the Fox News network accuses the president of plotting to fasten a fascist regime on the nation. ![]() Tens of millions of people have viewed an Internet video alleging that the 9/11 terror attacks were masterminded by the US government. ![]()
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