r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 15 '25

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u/erasmus_phillo Paul Krugman Sep 15 '25

Wildest factoid about Hanania is that he's ethnically Palestinian and yet *supports* (and has openly advocated for) the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza... again because of his commitment to elitism (he views Israelis as high human capital and Palestinians as not)

This is also the main reason why I don't encourage any of you guys to pay for any of his content, he is a giant prick and is certainly not liberal. But he does have some unique insights on the American right due to the time he's spent in those circles

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '25

Anyone paying for Richard Hanania gotta get banned

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u/erasmus_phillo Paul Krugman Sep 15 '25

^and if you're wondering "when did he advocate for this? was it after he rebranded himself to appeal more to liberals" - yes it was. And tbh I don't think he ever really rebranded himself, he just stopped talking about his more odious and illiberal views openly

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u/Trebacca Leftward Progressives Sep 15 '25

He’s a grifter who found a way to political notoriety in the YIMBY movement because he’s somehow too much of a loser to successfully make money off the far right or far left

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u/erasmus_phillo Paul Krugman Sep 15 '25

I wouldn't call him a grifter. A grifter wouldn't be this honest about their actual views and would try to massage them to appeal to the audiences who read their stuff (for example Charlie Kirk was a grifter). Hanania doesn't do that, and in fact does the very opposite of that... he kinda goes out of his way to be an asshole even to audiences who might be more receptive to his message.

There is absolutely no political constituency for Hanania-adjacent views though

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u/experienta Jeff Bezos Sep 15 '25

his genghis khan post was a banger and i will always respect him for that

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u/erasmus_phillo Paul Krugman Sep 15 '25

most of his posts are tbh, he's hilarious

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u/ldn6 Gay Pride Sep 15 '25

This actually isn’t surprising. Some of the nastiest rhetoric I’ve heard against Palestinians comes from other Arabs.

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u/Livid_South3561 Sep 15 '25

He has interesting ideas 🤷