The Radicalization of American Politics – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

The Radicalization of American Politics – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Americans are radicalized, not because they care too much about politics, but because they’re bored. In our culture, stripped of meaning, community, and restraint, politics has become a substitute for dealing with yourself. Eric Hoffer, the longshoreman, autodidact, and moral philosopher, was deeply suspicious of the hunger for belonging. In his must-read book, The True Believer, he argues that mass movements — left, right, or religious — are fu…

The Radicalization of American Politics

Americans are radicalized, not because they care too much about politics, but because they’re bored. In our culture, stripped of meaning, community, and restraint, politics has become a substitute for dealing with yourself. Eric Hoffer, the longshoreman, autodidact, and moral philosopher, was…