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The #Paranoid Style in American #Politics ( Harper’s 1964)

American politics has often been an arena for angry minds. In recent years we have seen angry minds at work mainly among extreme right-wingers who have now demonstrated in the #Goldwater movement how much political leverage can be got out of the animosities & passions of a small minority… I call it the paranoid style … heated #exaggeration, #suspiciousness , & #conspiratorial #fantasy that I have in mind
#maga

harpers.org/archive/1964/11/th

Harper's MagazineThe Paranoid Style in American Politics, by Richard Hofstadter

I started listening to Ozzy in high school in the ‘90s, him and Black Sabbath. My most boomer music take might be that Paranoid is as close as you can get to a perfect album, especially before the 80 billion subgenres split off. The song #Paranoid might as well have been my life in high school (except for the whole “have a woman” thing, which wasn’t true for many years) and remains very true for me today.

So it feels very fitting tonight.

#metal
#Ozzy
#BlackSabbath

#hegseth #unfit #drunk #paranoid
Pete Hegseth hit by deeply embarrassing allegations as leaked letter calling for his removal rips through the Pentagon
An effort is under way among Pentagon officials to denounce Pete Hegseth as unfit to serve as Defense Secretary.They want to 'Let the American public know this guy has no clue what he's doing,' complaints range from politicized decision-making to department-wide dysfunction, low morale, and a climate of paranoia driven by what they describe as Hegseth's obsession with rooting out dissent. The letter also cites dysfunction and chaos in the department due to what they said are Hegseth's inattention to, indecision on, and inconsistencies regarding several military matters, big and small. Pentagon personnel feel pressured to attend the Christian prayer services Hegseth has arranged during work hours, even though they're supposed to be optional.

Being born late and having grown up without television, the discovery of #blacksabbath #ozzy performing "War Pigs" at #californiajam 1974 still strikes me as somewhat surreal. As a metal head, I had studied the history of #metal backwards to find its roots in #paranoid, but never before had I consciously rooted it in the times of the #hippie revolution. This video has allowed me to listen to the album with different ears and opened them to its revolutionary novelty. youtu.be/NrVj0ek77qc

Ich mache wieder mal nicht mit beim „Ändere dein #Passwort Tag“.
Grund:
Bei mir hat fast jeder Zugang eine eigene eMail Adresse
Jeder Zugang hat ein eigenes Passwort bestehend aus allem was geht und hinreichend lang, zufällig generiert. Dafür nutze ich einen Passwortmanager
Wo möglich habe ich #2FA aktiviert

Ihr dürft mich jetzt gerne #paranoid nennen.