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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 7h
"At this point, you might say it is implausible to imagine a society rich enough to pay elderly Latinas a million dollars a year to play basketball. But people apparently find it plausible that AI will automate all jobs. These are the same thing!" www.richardhanania.com/p/stop-talki...
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Stop Talking about AI Job Loss and Take Productivity Seriously
The discourse is focusing on the wrong issues
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 10h
AI is an amazing technology. But to talk about it "replacing all jobs" at this point is like looking at the Wright brothers building a plane and predicting we'll soon fly far enough to colonize other planets. We need some perspective here. www.richardhanania.com/p/stop-talki...
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Stop Talking about AI Job Loss and Take Productivity Seriously
The discourse is focusing on the wrong issues
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 12h
Fox interviews a guy who claims he went to heaven for 18 days. He can report that Jesus is not only male but about 5’11 or 6 feet tall and really masculine. “Talk about testosterone. Like a mustang.” It’s over for the Talarico campaign.
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A trucker, Trump voter, runs over and kills a man who jumped in front of his his truck. It turns out the deceased was a Haitian distraught by Trump's crackdown. The trucker begins to learn more about the struggles of the Haitian community. Must read. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Conservatives for 60 years: “Blacks don’t study enough or do well enough in school, and don’t have stable families.” Conservatives now: “Indians study too much, do too well in school, and are boring.” They have proved their worst leftist critics correct. www.richardhanania.com/p/should-rep...
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Should Republicans Be More Explicitly Racist?
How opposition to immigration leads to economic collectivism
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Luckily for those interested in the hereditarian debate, a lot of Koreans were adopted abroad, as were some Chinese. Researchers tracked them down and found that they did extremely well academically. Anti-hereditarians generally just ignore this evidence. www.richardhanania.com/p/were-1970s...
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Were 1970s Korean Orphanages a Great Place to Raise Kids?
Motivated reasoning means you can always invent new stories
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Projects that rest on a denial of human nature work out poorly. We put young people on college campuses and tell them men and women are roughly similar in their sexual desires and attitudes. The result is Title IX insanity and a lot of ruined lives. www.richardhanania.com/p/even-ivy-l...
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Even Ivy League Universities Slut Shame
Stop lying about human nature
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Recently read a 2004 book on fascism, and if I didn't know the date of publication, I would've been sure that it had been written with modern online right in mind. I explain how the recent blow up over a welfare ad fits the fascist template. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-the-ri...
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Why the Rightoid Position on Welfare Is That You Must Insult Shaniqua
More thoughts on why we might not be stuck with MAGA
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“If women did not evolve to have casual sex, then casual sex is probably going to cause psychological distress. Morning after regret is a woman’s body telling her that she did something wrong, and the social stigma…is no less a part of human nature.” www.richardhanania.com/p/even-ivy-l...
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Even Ivy League Universities Slut Shame
Stop lying about human nature
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you have a young daughter, niece, sister, or female friend, the Cornell story is a good opportunity to talk to her about some hard truths. Nobody respects women who are too promiscuous, and especially not the men they're trying to impress. www.richardhanania.com/p/even-ivy-l...
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Even Ivy League Universities Slut Shame
Stop lying about human nature
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why are rightists angry that an anti-welfare ad showed a white recipient? And why is there so little interest in the underlying issue? I explain this as a feature of fascist movements. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-the-ri...
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Why the Rightoid Position on Welfare Is That You Must Insult Shaniqua
More thoughts on why we might not be stuck with MAGA
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm looking forward to joining forces with my fellow people of color next month to punish Republicans for their racism. There are a lot of bigots out there, but the rest of us outnumber them. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-non-wh...
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Why Non-White Voters Must Crush Republicans
An electoral reckoning is necessary to course correct
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We talk about the MAGA human capital problem, but the true danger is the Trump supporters with above average IQs who try to intellectualize the movement. The results are horrific, and give off genocidal vibes. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-vibes-...
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The Vibes of the Right Are Genocidal
There is only one coalition not dominated by sadism and hate
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Climate change isn't a hoax. It's happening. But the idea that it is an even top ten threat to humanity rather than a manageable problem is a hoax. As I explain, there's nothing to suggest that humans cannot be much better off under warmer temperatures. www.richardhanania.com/p/climate-ch...
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Climate Change: The World’s Most Overrated Problem
Economic growth solves almost everything
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Links for the month. The Dutch drug dealer who bought Sierra Leone, whether the Kuznets Curve applies to animal rights, the correct take on skilled immigration, and more. Plus take the newsletter survey. www.richardhanania.com/p/take-the-h...
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Take the Hanania Newsletter Survey
Also, links for September 2026
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
People who dislike the hereditarian explanation for race differences in intelligence should familiarize themselves with the post-World War II study of German children of black occupation troops. It's probably the best evidence they have. www.richardhanania.com/p/what-kind-...
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What Kind of Black Guys Found Girlfriends in Post-Hitler Germany?
Digging into a 1961 study favored by opponents of hereditarianism
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I asked ChatGPT if the world needed more of my sperm, and it mocked me with a laughing emoji and gave me a sarcastic response. We need to regulate AI to stop it from hurting my feelings.
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black and white offspring of American occupation troops in Germany ended up having similar IQs as children. Scholars have been arguing about what this means ever since, and whether it refutes hereditarianism. www.richardhanania.com/p/what-kind-...
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What Kind of Black Guys Found Girlfriends in Post-Hitler Germany?
Digging into a 1961 study favored by opponents of hereditarianism
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here is arguably the most interesting study in the history of the race and IQ debate. During the US occupation of Germany, 3,500 black American soldiers had out-of-wedlock children with local women. The children's IQs turned out to be equal. www.richardhanania.com/p/what-kind-...
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What Kind of Black Guys Found Girlfriends in Post-Hitler Germany?
Digging into a 1961 study favored by opponents of hereditarianism
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One way to get an estimate of p(doom) is to ask the experts. But experts have different answers to the question of catastrophe/extinction. FRI superforecasters: 2% AI specialists: 10% Metaculus pros: 7.5% or 17% Which experts you trust matters a lot. www.richardhanania.com/p/which-expe...
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Which Experts Should You Trust on AI Doom?
A lot depends on the forecasters you ask
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Genuinely insane how overrated the climate issue is. Just build dams and get air conditioning. That makes a lot more sense than getting off fossil fuels. www.richardhanania.com/p/climate-ch...
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Climate Change: The World’s Most Overrated Problem
Economic growth solves almost everything
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
-Korean children selected for poverty and handicap are adopted in Sweden -Koreans still score better than natives on cognitive tests -Scholars make up a story that 1970s Korea had awesome orphanages I explain a textbook case of motivated reasoning. www.richardhanania.com/p/were-1970s...
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Were 1970s Korean Orphanages a Great Place to Raise Kids?
Motivated reasoning means you can always invent new stories
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In case you missed it, I reviewed the Daily Wire movie about blue hairs and jihadis building a caliphate on a US college campus. It shows what American conservatism would be right now if it kept its focus on Muslims as the enemy instead of all non-whites. www.richardhanania.com/p/a-conserva...
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A Conservatism with Only One Enemy
Review of Run Hide Fight: Infidels
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One thing I now realize that wokes were right about is that we do need strong taboos against racism. A good way to move back toward those taboos would be for Republicans to do terribly in the midterms thanks to non-white voters. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-non-wh...
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Korean adoptees in Sweden have higher IQs than natives. Same with Chinese adoptees in the US. The authors of one paper have an explanation: Korea in the 1970s (GDPpc: $600) had awesome orphanages. On how motivated reasoning makes people stupid. www.richardhanania.com/p/were-1970s...
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Were 1970s Korean Orphanages a Great Place to Raise Kids?
Motivated reasoning means you can always invent new stories
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"You might be thinking that we were on a negative path anyway, and Trump was just an accelerant. But political rhetoric was actually becoming more positive in the Obama era. Trump began running for president, and everything changed practically overnight." www.richardhanania.com/p/the-trump-...
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The Trump Theory of Everything
One man going away will solve a lot of our problems
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trust the experts on climate change. That means acknowledging 1) Climate change is real 2) The likely impacts on humanity are so small that they’re not worth worrying much about. www.richardhanania.com/p/climate-ch...
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Climate Change: The World’s Most Overrated Problem
Economic growth solves almost everything
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why has our culture become so pessimistic and negative? There are complicated theories. But data suggest it is a Trump effect. We all know how one toxic personality type can ruin social dynamics in a friend group. This is what happened to the country. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-trump-...
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The Trump Theory of Everything
One man going away will solve a lot of our problems
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Texas is by far the largest red state, and the one that is culturally most important. A Democrat winning a Senate seat there would be a political earthquake, and, given the nature of the two candidates, would move both parties in a positive direction" www.richardhanania.com/p/why-non-wh...
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Why Non-White Voters Must Crush Republicans
An electoral reckoning is necessary to course correct
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
People often ask how the right might be reformed. If you want a conservatism that moves away from conspiratorial degrowther racism as its ideological core, then Republicans need to get crushed this election cycle. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-non-wh...
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Why Non-White Voters Must Crush Republicans
An electoral reckoning is necessary to course correct
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Not every problem can be solved by growth… But while economic dynamism isn’t the solution to everything, it is the solution to most things, climate change among them.” www.richardhanania.com/p/climate-ch...
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Climate Change: The World’s Most Overrated Problem
Economic growth solves almost everything
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don't know whether Clavicular is guilty of the charges against him. But women who stay in contact with their alleged "rapists" do not deserve sympathy. They make life harder for both rape victims and men who need to defend against false allegations. www.richardhanania.com/p/women-who-...
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Women Who Stay in Contact with Their “Rapists” Should Be Stigmatized
On the Clavicular case
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Calling individuals Nazis is making use of strong rhetoric. Yet in this case it’s not too far off, even if a bit hyperbolic...Nazi might be imprecise and it’s not the word I use. But fascist? Yeah, the shoe fits, and it’s not even a close call." www.richardhanania.com/p/the-snowfl...
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The Snowflake Fascists of the Authoritarian Right
“I’m going to crush my enemies but your words are violence”
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Over the last several decades, we've seen more fossil fuels use and a warming planet, and yet deaths from natural disasters keep going down. Climate change isn't a hoax. But the idea that it is one of the main threats to humanity is. www.richardhanania.com/p/climate-ch...
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Climate Change: The World’s Most Overrated Problem
Economic growth solves almost everything
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What is the world's most overrated problem? It's easily climate change, which is not that bad. . Climate hysteria contradicts our history as a species, where growth and technology rather than restraint solve problems and increase human flourishing. www.richardhanania.com/p/climate-ch...
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Climate Change: The World’s Most Overrated Problem
Economic growth solves almost everything
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Rightoid: “I’m a hard man who’s going to be a warlord when our soft civilization collapses due to all the disgusting minorities.” “Oh so you believe in racist authoritarianism?” Rightoid: “Hey, stop that! Are you trying to get me killed or something?” www.richardhanania.com/p/the-snowfl...
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The Snowflake Fascists of the Authoritarian Right
“I’m going to crush my enemies but your words are violence”
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why are the most authoritarian figures on the right always accusing others of trying to get them killed? I explain this as an underlying trait of fascism. It combines sadistic impulses and fantasies of domination with a victimhood complex. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-snowfl...
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The Snowflake Fascists of the Authoritarian Right
“I’m going to crush my enemies but your words are violence”
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The review you've been waiting for: Run Hide Fight: Infidels. The move is so bad, it's fun. Daily Wire conservatism takes conservative distaste for all non-whites and focuses it on Muslims. The movie feels like the last gasp of a dying ideology. www.richardhanania.com/p/a-conserva...
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A Conservatism with Only One Enemy
A review of Run Hide Fight: Infidels
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I used to laugh at liberals who said "cruelty is the point." But they've been vindicated by the second Trump admin. The right has become sadistic, cruel, and evil. It's not about policy anymore. I explain why decent people must support Democrats. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-vibes-...
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The Vibes of the Right Are Genocidal
There is only one coalition not dominated by sadism and hate
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We keep hearing that people who work on AI are worried. But they might be in an intellectual bubble. One reason to suspect this is that China seems pretty unconcerned with doom, despite not being too far behind. It's something to consider. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-is-chi...
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Why Is China Not Freaking Out about AGI?
The West has become unusually pessimistic about science and technology
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If you’re wondering what happened to the GOP, I’m here to explain it to you. The Groypers have won. The people who want to kick out all immigrants are in control, and the only debate is whether to be explicit about the racism or not. www.richardhanania.com/p/groypers-a...
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"For those who think doomers are obviously correct, it is worth considering the fact that there is a civilization of 1.4 billion people that is on the cutting edge of the technological frontier and doesn’t consider misalignment to be an existential issue" www.richardhanania.com/p/why-is-chi...
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Why Is China Not Freaking out about AGI?
The West has become unusually pessimistic about science and technology
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's amusing that, in the AI doomer debate, you have GMU economists and the Chinese Communist Party on the same side against mainstream Western thought. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-is-chi...
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
America is freaking out about AI. But China isn't. Why? I argue it's a matter of vibes. America has become much more pessimistic about science and technology as a general matter. AI doomerism is another manifestation of this general trend. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-is-chi...
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Why Is China Not Freaking out about AGI?
The West has become unusually pessimistic about science and technology
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"This episode has really highlighted the difference between the online right and the meatspace right. The latter generally try to at least make up excuses for why they support racist policies." www.richardhanania.com/p/they-even-...
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They Even Hate the Indians Who Like Football
A preview of the fights coming to the post-Trump right
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This one just hits differently. Nothing is more red state normie Middle America coded than college football games. Go to one, and huge elements of the right will still hate you if you have the wrong skin. These people are the enemy and must lose. www.richardhanania.com/p/they-even-...
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They Even Hate the Indians Who Like Football
A preview of the fights coming to the post-Trump right
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Do rich and successful men have "power" over women? I argue no. If anything, the power differential goes in the other direction. The Epsteins of the world need protection from ambitious young women. www.richardhanania.com/p/rich-and-s...
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Rich and Successful Men Do Not Have "Power" over Women
What MeToo culture, NIMBY, and nuclear safetyism all have in common
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Charlie Kirk spent his life promoting conspiracy theories. Then, when he died, those close to him got upset that the right began to wonder whether there wasn't a conspiracy behind his death. A reminder that movements reap what they sow. www.richardhanania.com/p/charlie-ki...
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Charlie Kirk Made the Right Conspiratorial and Stupid
Thoughts on 2020 election denial ruining conservatism
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My air conditioning went out this week and it's been miserable. I can't believe there are Europeans out there who will say they don't want it. It's like hearing about a slave happy with his condition. The destruction of the spirit is heartbreaking. www.richardhanania.com/p/gdp-haters...
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GDP Haters Aren't Making Serious Arguments
Different measures can measure different things
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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
You've probably read a lot of AI doomerism. Why not, to keep our minds open, see whether there's a case for optimism? It often happens that the scarier alignment failures look a lot more manageable once you dig into the details, as I explain here. www.richardhanania.com/p/what-if-we...
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What if We’re Already “Solving” Alignment?
It’s a process, not an endpoint
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