Richard Hanania
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I always find the arguments against embryo screening funny.
“Today you eliminate disease, tomorrow it’ll be based on looks and intelligence.”
Slippery slope arguments are supposed to lead somewhere bad, not to things that are unquestionably good. www.richardhanania.com/p/anti-surro...
“Today you eliminate disease, tomorrow it’ll be based on looks and intelligence.”
Slippery slope arguments are supposed to lead somewhere bad, not to things that are unquestionably good. www.richardhanania.com/p/anti-surro...
Anti-Surrogacy as a Totalitarian Dysgenics Movement
On a new Frankenstein monster made of the worst ideas and instincts
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November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I always find the arguments against embryo screening funny.
“Today you eliminate disease, tomorrow it’ll be based on looks and intelligence.”
Slippery slope arguments are supposed to lead somewhere bad, not to things that are unquestionably good. www.richardhanania.com/p/anti-surro...
“Today you eliminate disease, tomorrow it’ll be based on looks and intelligence.”
Slippery slope arguments are supposed to lead somewhere bad, not to things that are unquestionably good. www.richardhanania.com/p/anti-surro...
The abundance movement is great, but I wish it would apply the lessons of YIMBY more broadly.
Markets are superior to central planning. This applies not only to housing, but also labor, energy, etc. We should just have freer markets across the board. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-broad-...
Markets are superior to central planning. This applies not only to housing, but also labor, energy, etc. We should just have freer markets across the board. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-broad-...
The Broad Lessons of YIMBY
The laws of economics apply to more than one policy area
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November 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The abundance movement is great, but I wish it would apply the lessons of YIMBY more broadly.
Markets are superior to central planning. This applies not only to housing, but also labor, energy, etc. We should just have freer markets across the board. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-broad-...
Markets are superior to central planning. This applies not only to housing, but also labor, energy, etc. We should just have freer markets across the board. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-broad-...
They start by calling Epstein a pedophile.
You say nothing.
Before long, they'll declare you a pervert if your girlfriend isn't at least 40.
Resist the moral panic.
www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
You say nothing.
Before long, they'll declare you a pervert if your girlfriend isn't at least 40.
Resist the moral panic.
www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
The Real Target of Pedophile Hysteria Is Age Gap Relationships
There are costs to lying about basic biology
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November 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
They start by calling Epstein a pedophile.
You say nothing.
Before long, they'll declare you a pervert if your girlfriend isn't at least 40.
Resist the moral panic.
www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
You say nothing.
Before long, they'll declare you a pervert if your girlfriend isn't at least 40.
Resist the moral panic.
www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
Neither conservatives nor liberals are better at fighting crime.
I suggest policies that work:
1) more police
2) DNA databases
3) facial recognition technology
4) rethink Warren Court innovations
You want livable cities, move beyond the culture war.
www.richardhanania.com/p/beyond-the...
I suggest policies that work:
1) more police
2) DNA databases
3) facial recognition technology
4) rethink Warren Court innovations
You want livable cities, move beyond the culture war.
www.richardhanania.com/p/beyond-the...
Beyond the Culture War: Getting Serious about Reducing Crime
Red states are not doing any better
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November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Neither conservatives nor liberals are better at fighting crime.
I suggest policies that work:
1) more police
2) DNA databases
3) facial recognition technology
4) rethink Warren Court innovations
You want livable cities, move beyond the culture war.
www.richardhanania.com/p/beyond-the...
I suggest policies that work:
1) more police
2) DNA databases
3) facial recognition technology
4) rethink Warren Court innovations
You want livable cities, move beyond the culture war.
www.richardhanania.com/p/beyond-the...
It's easy to take a stand against a moral panic when people already realize it's gone too far.
I'm the person brave enough to do it before they've noticed what's going on.
Why the endpoint of pedophile hysteria is to stigmatize adult relationships. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
I'm the person brave enough to do it before they've noticed what's going on.
Why the endpoint of pedophile hysteria is to stigmatize adult relationships. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
The Real Target of Pedophile Hysteria Is Age Gap Relationships
There are costs to lying about basic biology
www.richardhanania.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It's easy to take a stand against a moral panic when people already realize it's gone too far.
I'm the person brave enough to do it before they've noticed what's going on.
Why the endpoint of pedophile hysteria is to stigmatize adult relationships. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
I'm the person brave enough to do it before they've noticed what's going on.
Why the endpoint of pedophile hysteria is to stigmatize adult relationships. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-real-t...
Guys, Michael Tracey went to the Epstein survivors press conference and was shocked by the tales of women in their late teens and early twenties being trafficked.
We’re going to discuss at 12ET. Set reminder here. But be forewarned, it may be traumatizing. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
We’re going to discuss at 12ET. Set reminder here. But be forewarned, it may be traumatizing. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: Listen to SURVIVORS!!!!!
Starting Nov 18 at 12:00 PM EST
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November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Guys, Michael Tracey went to the Epstein survivors press conference and was shocked by the tales of women in their late teens and early twenties being trafficked.
We’re going to discuss at 12ET. Set reminder here. But be forewarned, it may be traumatizing. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
We’re going to discuss at 12ET. Set reminder here. But be forewarned, it may be traumatizing. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Republicans have recently adopted a lot of crank economic ideas to justify their nativism.
Perhaps allowing them to be more explicit about their motives can cut down on the irrationality.
A short history of Republicans and race and where to go from here. www.richardhanania.com/p/should-rep...
Perhaps allowing them to be more explicit about their motives can cut down on the irrationality.
A short history of Republicans and race and where to go from here. www.richardhanania.com/p/should-rep...
Should Republicans Be More Explicitly Racist?
How opposition to immigration leads to economic collectivism
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November 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Republicans have recently adopted a lot of crank economic ideas to justify their nativism.
Perhaps allowing them to be more explicit about their motives can cut down on the irrationality.
A short history of Republicans and race and where to go from here. www.richardhanania.com/p/should-rep...
Perhaps allowing them to be more explicit about their motives can cut down on the irrationality.
A short history of Republicans and race and where to go from here. www.richardhanania.com/p/should-rep...
Just reviewed Pluribus along with Rob Henderson. The lesson is that we should all surrender our minds and become one with the AI. It just knows best. www.richardhanania.com/p/should-you...
Should You Become a Pod Person?
Review of Pluribus, Season 1:E1-E3
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November 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Just reviewed Pluribus along with Rob Henderson. The lesson is that we should all surrender our minds and become one with the AI. It just knows best. www.richardhanania.com/p/should-you...
Patrick Deneen is a postliberal philosopher. I read two chapters of his book.
It's a series of extreme claims about working class oppression with no citations or basis in fact.
I explain why postliberals are the right wing version of postmodernists. www.richardhanania.com/p/patrick-de...
It's a series of extreme claims about working class oppression with no citations or basis in fact.
I explain why postliberals are the right wing version of postmodernists. www.richardhanania.com/p/patrick-de...
Patrick Deneen's Work Is Unempirical Drivel
The intellectual fraud of postliberalism
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November 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Patrick Deneen is a postliberal philosopher. I read two chapters of his book.
It's a series of extreme claims about working class oppression with no citations or basis in fact.
I explain why postliberals are the right wing version of postmodernists. www.richardhanania.com/p/patrick-de...
It's a series of extreme claims about working class oppression with no citations or basis in fact.
I explain why postliberals are the right wing version of postmodernists. www.richardhanania.com/p/patrick-de...
Michael Tracey and I just discussed the latest Epstein BOMBSHELL. Prepare to be blown away. www.richardhanania.com/p/epstein-bo...
Epstein BOMBSHELL!!!
Michael Tracey joins me to discuss the latest Epstein revelations.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Michael Tracey and I just discussed the latest Epstein BOMBSHELL. Prepare to be blown away. www.richardhanania.com/p/epstein-bo...
Going to be livestreaming with Tara Palmeri at 2ET today on the MAGA civil war. Set a reminder and join us here. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: When MAGA Eats Its Own: The White Nationalist War Within with Richard Hanania
Starting Nov 11 at 2:00 PM EST
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Going to be livestreaming with Tara Palmeri at 2ET today on the MAGA civil war. Set a reminder and join us here. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
I'm in The Boston Globe today on the massive shifts towards Democrats among Asians and Hispanics in the recent elections.
The reason is nativist ideology, which is at the root of Trumpism and is now devouring the Republican Party. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-trump-...
The reason is nativist ideology, which is at the root of Trumpism and is now devouring the Republican Party. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-trump-...
Why Trump Declared War on Immigrants
Explaining the ideological roots of America First
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November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I'm in The Boston Globe today on the massive shifts towards Democrats among Asians and Hispanics in the recent elections.
The reason is nativist ideology, which is at the root of Trumpism and is now devouring the Republican Party. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-trump-...
The reason is nativist ideology, which is at the root of Trumpism and is now devouring the Republican Party. www.richardhanania.com/p/why-trump-...
I’ve only been a Democrat for a few minutes. This has been pretty demoralizing. Do they always just give up, even when they’re winning?
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I’ve only been a Democrat for a few minutes. This has been pretty demoralizing. Do they always just give up, even when they’re winning?
The left wants you to blame the rich for your problems.
The right wants you to blame foreigners.
But if you're going to demagogue, you should focus on the group of people who are actually responsible.
Selfish old people are killing the American dream. www.richardhanania.com/p/start-dema...
The right wants you to blame foreigners.
But if you're going to demagogue, you should focus on the group of people who are actually responsible.
Selfish old people are killing the American dream. www.richardhanania.com/p/start-dema...
Start Demagoguing Against the Old
It's better to adopt political narratives that get closer to the truth
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November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The left wants you to blame the rich for your problems.
The right wants you to blame foreigners.
But if you're going to demagogue, you should focus on the group of people who are actually responsible.
Selfish old people are killing the American dream. www.richardhanania.com/p/start-dema...
The right wants you to blame foreigners.
But if you're going to demagogue, you should focus on the group of people who are actually responsible.
Selfish old people are killing the American dream. www.richardhanania.com/p/start-dema...
You are attracted to women. But directly proposing a romantic relationship is awkward. What can you do instead?
I provide evolutionarily based, field tested advice for my fans, who I want to reproduce as much as possible. www.richardhanania.com/p/human-attr...
I provide evolutionarily based, field tested advice for my fans, who I want to reproduce as much as possible. www.richardhanania.com/p/human-attr...
Human Attraction Is Not about Words
Learning to use space and touch
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November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
You are attracted to women. But directly proposing a romantic relationship is awkward. What can you do instead?
I provide evolutionarily based, field tested advice for my fans, who I want to reproduce as much as possible. www.richardhanania.com/p/human-attr...
I provide evolutionarily based, field tested advice for my fans, who I want to reproduce as much as possible. www.richardhanania.com/p/human-attr...
What role will Fuentes play in the 2028 primaries? It was only a month ago where people thought this was a ridiculous question.
No one thinks that now.
Why Bannon is best positioned to capitalize on the Groyper phenomenon. www.richardhanania.com/p/can-a-bann...
No one thinks that now.
Why Bannon is best positioned to capitalize on the Groyper phenomenon. www.richardhanania.com/p/can-a-bann...
Can a Bannon-Groyper Alliance Derail Vance?
We're already seeing glimmers of what a post-Trump GOP will look like
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November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What role will Fuentes play in the 2028 primaries? It was only a month ago where people thought this was a ridiculous question.
No one thinks that now.
Why Bannon is best positioned to capitalize on the Groyper phenomenon. www.richardhanania.com/p/can-a-bann...
No one thinks that now.
Why Bannon is best positioned to capitalize on the Groyper phenomenon. www.richardhanania.com/p/can-a-bann...
How do you know if a girl likes you?
Words are mostly useless here. I explain how most human communication is nonverbal, and why that must be the case. www.richardhanania.com/p/human-attr...
Words are mostly useless here. I explain how most human communication is nonverbal, and why that must be the case. www.richardhanania.com/p/human-attr...
Human Attraction Is Not about Words
Learning to use space and touch
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November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
How do you know if a girl likes you?
Words are mostly useless here. I explain how most human communication is nonverbal, and why that must be the case. www.richardhanania.com/p/human-attr...
Words are mostly useless here. I explain how most human communication is nonverbal, and why that must be the case. www.richardhanania.com/p/human-attr...
Reposted by Richard Hanania
“The distance between Fuentes and the mainstream Republican Party isn’t really that large,” said @hananiarichard.bsky.social
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Nick Fuentes’s Rise Puts MAGA Movement in a ‘Time of Choosing’
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November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“The distance between Fuentes and the mainstream Republican Party isn’t really that large,” said @hananiarichard.bsky.social
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"We no longer see debates between Groypers and more mainstream figures on immigration or national identity because the Groypers have won...But the Jews remain the final boss of Republican establishment taboos."
This was the logical endpoint of MAGA.
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This was the logical endpoint of MAGA.
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Groypers Are Just More Honest MAGAs
Why Fuentes has already won
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November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"We no longer see debates between Groypers and more mainstream figures on immigration or national identity because the Groypers have won...But the Jews remain the final boss of Republican establishment taboos."
This was the logical endpoint of MAGA.
www.richardhanania.com/p/groypers-a...
This was the logical endpoint of MAGA.
www.richardhanania.com/p/groypers-a...
Why MAGA cannot disown Fuentes.
They agree with him on almost everything. He's just less hypocritical about it. MAGAs think ancestry matters and that politics is about nativism and being based.
Other than Israel, what differences are there? www.richardhanania.com/p/groypers-a...
They agree with him on almost everything. He's just less hypocritical about it. MAGAs think ancestry matters and that politics is about nativism and being based.
Other than Israel, what differences are there? www.richardhanania.com/p/groypers-a...
Groypers Are Just More Honest MAGAs
Why Fuentes has already won
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November 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Why MAGA cannot disown Fuentes.
They agree with him on almost everything. He's just less hypocritical about it. MAGAs think ancestry matters and that politics is about nativism and being based.
Other than Israel, what differences are there? www.richardhanania.com/p/groypers-a...
They agree with him on almost everything. He's just less hypocritical about it. MAGAs think ancestry matters and that politics is about nativism and being based.
Other than Israel, what differences are there? www.richardhanania.com/p/groypers-a...
Oh my God. MAGAs are showing up to polls in Kentucky trying to vote against Mamdani.
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Oh my God. MAGAs are showing up to polls in Kentucky trying to vote against Mamdani.
New review of Boogie Nights. We discuss nostalgia, and why it's difficult to imagine us feeling about the aughts how 1997 felt about the 1970s and 1980s.
I apply Robert Gordon's economic idea on low hanging fruit to the state of the culture. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-end-of...
I apply Robert Gordon's economic idea on low hanging fruit to the state of the culture. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-end-of...
The End of Nostalgia?
A Review of Boogie Nights (1997)
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November 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
New review of Boogie Nights. We discuss nostalgia, and why it's difficult to imagine us feeling about the aughts how 1997 felt about the 1970s and 1980s.
I apply Robert Gordon's economic idea on low hanging fruit to the state of the culture. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-end-of...
I apply Robert Gordon's economic idea on low hanging fruit to the state of the culture. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-end-of...
One more contribution to the feminization discourse.
The anti-feminization crowd is making the same mistake as DEI enthusiasts.
Both rely on a belief in top-down planning. But it's markets that generally decide the best way to arrive at truth. www.richardhanania.com/p/believe-in...
The anti-feminization crowd is making the same mistake as DEI enthusiasts.
Both rely on a belief in top-down planning. But it's markets that generally decide the best way to arrive at truth. www.richardhanania.com/p/believe-in...
Believe in Markets, Not Men (or Women)
Truth-seeking is found in prices and incentives
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November 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
One more contribution to the feminization discourse.
The anti-feminization crowd is making the same mistake as DEI enthusiasts.
Both rely on a belief in top-down planning. But it's markets that generally decide the best way to arrive at truth. www.richardhanania.com/p/believe-in...
The anti-feminization crowd is making the same mistake as DEI enthusiasts.
Both rely on a belief in top-down planning. But it's markets that generally decide the best way to arrive at truth. www.richardhanania.com/p/believe-in...
Strange moment in the Fuentes interview.
Tucker: "It's code for I don't really believe what I'm saying. I have a PhD in this subject, so I know."
Did Tucker really just say he has a PhD in saying things you don't believe?
The man might've accidentally told the truth for once.
Tucker: "It's code for I don't really believe what I'm saying. I have a PhD in this subject, so I know."
Did Tucker really just say he has a PhD in saying things you don't believe?
The man might've accidentally told the truth for once.
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Strange moment in the Fuentes interview.
Tucker: "It's code for I don't really believe what I'm saying. I have a PhD in this subject, so I know."
Did Tucker really just say he has a PhD in saying things you don't believe?
The man might've accidentally told the truth for once.
Tucker: "It's code for I don't really believe what I'm saying. I have a PhD in this subject, so I know."
Did Tucker really just say he has a PhD in saying things you don't believe?
The man might've accidentally told the truth for once.
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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November 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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/...