conspiracies. this is the first time, probably, that that kind of mentality has taken over an actual presidency. right, because hoffstatder was focused on conservativism and the movement around barry goldwater which ultimately did not take the white house. it did take the republican party. right. eventually. what do you think about his point i was rereading this and found it very interesting that you can actlly unhook in other words, traditional politicians are still held to their pledges, butf it s not about facts and policy, it s becomes what he calls a more projected psychological dynamic where the supporters are simply renewed in feeling good about themselves or their status and the wall being built or not might not matter. i mean, it s an alternative universe, an alt-universe, you might say, where this is going on. and something like take something like the republican denial of climate change and how enormous a conspiracy you would