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Signs of a political crank

Signs of a political crank

Adapting Martin Gardner's classic diagnostic for political thought.

Nov 10, 2020
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In case you haven’t noticed, I spend a lot of time watching fringe political factions and figures as they emerge on Twitter and other online spaces. I mostly just do this out of simple curiosity — I’m interested in weird ideas and in the social and psychological dynamics that get people to adopt them — but I also think there are political reasons to pay…

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