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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 19h

Going to review Boogie Nights with Tyler Tone, Monday at 5:30 ET on the live stream. Set a reminder here to watch when it’s time. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

LIVE SOON: Boogie Nights Review

Starting Nov 3 at 5:30 PM EST

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 21h

I wrote about why the entire arc of conservatism bends towards Groyperization.

Modern conservatism can't condemn them any more than Dems in 2020 could condemn black trans. The logic of your movement elevates their concerns and narratives over all others.
www.richardhanania.com/p/groyperiza...

Groyperization Accelerating

The arc of conservatism bends towards Fuentes

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 1d

The arc of conservatism bends towards Groyperization.

I explain why we were always going to end up here, and what comes next.
unherd.com/2025/11/its-...

It’s the Groypers’ America now

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Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 1d

It's the Groypers' America now.

We're just living in it.

@hananiarichard.bsky.social for UnHerd.

You must read this.

unherd.com/2025/11/its-...

It’s the Groypers’ America now

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 1d

Fun facts about dragonflies:

They're remained unchanged for millions of years, just getting smaller

They are the most effective predators on earth, catching prey on 90% of attempts. www.richardhanania.com/p/charles-mu...

Charles Murray Comes to Jesus, the Fall of the Based, and More

Links for October 2025

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 1d

Links for October.

-Charles Murray finding Jesus
-Dragflies
-Hayek on intellectuals
-Hasan Piker
-US-Ancient Greek parallels
-Krugman on liberals condescending to rural America
-South African crime

And much more! x.com/RichardHanan...

Richard Hanania on X: "The amazing thing about Fuentes' takeover of the right is that he's not angling for it. He goes out of his way to insult and antagonize them. The guy even mocked Erika Kirk in the weeks after her husband's death! While they were creating a Cult of Charlie Kirk, the one guy who" / X

The amazing thing about Fuentes' takeover of the right is that he's not angling for it. He goes out of his way to insult and antagonize them. The guy even mocked Erika Kirk in the weeks after her husband's death! While they were creating a Cult of Charlie Kirk, the one guy who

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 4d

I'm a huge admirer of Scott Alexander, but was surprised to read he found credible claims of a miracle at Fatima in 1917.

I argue that he makes the mistakes of thinking a larger sample size makes bad data good and ignoring the irrationality of peasants.
www.richardhanania.com/p/fatima-and...

Fatima and the Sample Size Compensation (SSC) Fallacy

Don't trust groups of peasants, even ones that are very large

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 5d

Scientists have discovered a completely new form of reproduction. open.substack.com/pub/dennismc...

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 5d

Liberalism makes you wealthier but often leaves you unfulfilled.

Other ideologies also leave you unfulfilled, but make you poor too, which just gives you one more thing to complain about.

There is no easy answer. www.richardhanania.com/p/liberalism...

Liberalism, ISIS, and Toaster Nationalism

Being poor doesn't give you more meaning

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 6d

Malaysia works out a peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia.

They then let Trump fly in so he can take credit and do a YMCA dance.

You couldn't script a story funnier than this man actually being president. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 7d

If you ever get mad at MAGA, remember this video.

Realize that you’re only mad because you’re expecting them to behave like adults.

You don’t get mad at children, or people with the mental capabilities of children.

You just try to stop them from doing damage.

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 8d

The story of the last century. Capitalism keeps working, people keep liking economic statism better. When statism fails, capitalism gets a chance. It succeeds, and people then forget and go back to demanding statism. That's the history of neoliberalism. www.richardhanania.com/p/on-the-suc...

On the Success of Neoliberalism

Freer markets turned out to be the solution to economic stagnation

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 8d

Neoliberalism was an economic theory that produced good economic result.

Since then, we've gotten a lot dumber and more pessimistic, so we blame it for everything that has gone wrong in the world.

I explain here. www.richardhanania.com/p/on-the-suc...

On the Success of Neoliberalism

Freer markets turned out to be the solution to economic stagnation

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 9d

It’s right now.

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 9d

I’m in Vanity Fair on the Based Ritual and the future of the GOP.

Things do not look good. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...

Paul Ingrassia and the Right’s Budding Group-Chat Problem

One former Trump official says a “loose screw caucus” threatens the opposite of the left’s woke problem—Groyperism and extremism run amok.

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 9d

It’s not trolling. I’d prefer a more corrupt politician who agreed with me on policy up to a point.

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 9d

Simple explanation why it's impossible for the media to be biased against Trump.

Imagine a country with 10 yrs as a maximum sentence. Kill 7 people, that's all you get.

That's Trump. There's not enough press coverage to adequately cover his corruption. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-the-me...

Why the Media Is Pro-Trump (yes, you read that right)

A lesson in how civilizations declines

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 9d

I wrote about how the media is pro-Trump (yes, pro-Trump).

Journalists didn't vote for him.

But given the standard for what counts as a scandal (Hunter, etc), there aren't enough pages in the newspaper to give Trump corruption the attention it deserves. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-the-me...

Why the Media Is Pro-Trump (yes, you read that right)

A lesson in how civilizations declines

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 11d

Why the trans movement has been most harmed by the removal of censorship on Twitter.

It was the one place where people were more afraid of censors than their friends. The censorship was more extreme than the social costs of speaking out, which is rare. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-gender...

Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 11d

The review of One Battle After Another is up. Leftists appear sick of the masked neurotics and are returning to good old fashion sex and violence. www.richardhanania.com/p/woke-pre-w...

Woke, Pre-Woke, or Post-Woke?

A Review of One Battle After Another (2025)

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 12d

When Elon bought X, I predicted that it would lead to the decline of trans ideology. This was the one view that needed censorship to dominate. Now the evidence has come out showing 2022 was peak trans. I think this held up well. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-gender...

Why Gender Ideology Can’t Survive Elon

No other movement has more to fear from a free marketplace of ideas

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 12d

We're doing a One Battle After Another livestream today at 6:30 ET, with my friend from University of Austin joining us.

Learn about the joys of watching beautiful black women fight fascism. Link to set a reminder here: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 12d

Mega post on trade with China. Topics include:

-Why economists all agree it is good, despite costs
-Why the protecting jobs discourse misunderstands the whole point of progress
-Why the Midwest declining and jobs going away is actually what we should want www.richardhanania.com/p/the-china-...

The China Shock and Why the Midwest Needs to Decline

Good policies will always have losers

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 13d

That JA21 party sounds intriguing.

spontaneous symmetry breakdance @t8erboi.bsky.social · 21d

The Netherlands has an election at the end of this month, and as an American, this is basically my understanding of Dutch political parties:

SP: dirtbag left
PvdD: vegans (also degrowthers)
PvdA/GL: progressive Democrats/the sane half of DSA
D66: the PMC
Volt: /r/neoliberal
DENK: Dearborn, Michigan
CU: Christian (your devout grandma who leans Dem)
CDA: Christian (Upstanding Members of Society)
NSC: Christian ("seriously guys, stop freaking out about 'welfare queens'")
SGP: Christian (Handmaid's Tale)
VVD: Reagan Republicans
PVV: MAGA
BBB: Real America (tm)
FvD: Alex Jones listeners
JA21: Richard Hanania

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Richard Hanania @hananiarichard.bsky.social · 13d

Going to be reviewing One Battle After Another, Monday at 12:30 PM ET. Set reminder here to join! I’ll be joined by my special friend from the University of Austin. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

LIVE SOON: A Fighting Liberalism? One Battle After Another Review

Starting Oct 20 at 12:30 PM EDT

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