Doug wrote:
>Now I'm confused. I thought the criticism of Hofstadter was that he
>blamed the masses too much for right-wing paranoia and manipulative
>elites too little. Now he's a Great Man theorist, just like the
>target of that Gang of Four song.
I wasn't being clear. I wasn't referring to Hofstadter, who I haven't read, just adding to Seth's comment that "political history almost doesn't exist anymore."
(aside grammar question: hasn't "whom" fallen almost completely out of use? or should I have said "whom I haven't read" ?)