Posted on Jun 17, 2022
“Conspiratorial Mindset”: From Nixon to Trump, Lessons for Jan. 6 Hearing 50 Years After...
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The 50th anniversary of the Watergate burglary in 1972 this Friday comes as public hearings are underway by the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection. We speak with Garrett Graff, author of “Watergate: A New History,” about critical lessons and historical parallels between the defining controversies of the Nixon and Trump presidencies. Rather than isolated crimes, Watergate and January 6 should be seen as culminating events of U.S. presidencies that share a “dark, criminal, conspiratorial mindset that drives and links together so many of their scandals,” says Graff.
“Conspiratorial Mindset”: From Nixon to Trump, Lessons for Jan. 6 Hearing 50 Years After...
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You should never have to tell someone you are not a crook. Your life should say that. I was never a big fan of President Nixon, though I always thought he was really smart. A sense of one's own extreme inferiority can lead to paranoia. Paranoia leads to conspiracy theories which negatively affect your view of the world. Nixon suffered from that. He did say something on his last day I thought to be particularly poignant, illuminating and valuable. He said, "Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself."
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