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Editor's Notes: Reactionaries Are Not Fun Weirdos
One wonders why Richard Hanania has gotten so much attention.
I do think this is a kind of novel problem with our current media environment - Serious people aren't good at making content, they have other things to do, but content is what drives attention. Tastemakers used to highlight the serious people but they're gone, replaced by content creators.
