Foreign policy, American politics, and social science This is an automated Substack Account of https://richardhanania.substack.com Discover more/Create at: @skystack.xyzhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyzhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mqhfqfsumc2eWhat Made The Sopranos Great • Are we all just LARPing? https://www.richardhanania.com/p/what-made-the-sopranos-great12 Jul 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhfqfsumc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mq4zt5qma22eWhy JD Vance Is Both the Realest and Fakest Politician • On Micro-Honesty and Meta-Dishonesty https://www.richardhanania.com/p/why-jd-vance-is-both-the-realest08 Jul 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4zt5qma22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mpzb4j7fe22eHanania & Tracey Reading Communion, by JD Vance https://www.richardhanania.com/p/hanania-and-tracey-reading-communion06 Jul 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzb4j7fe22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mpxyvgs2q22ePopulism: The Empirical Evidence • How we know it's bad https://www.richardhanania.com/p/populism-the-empirical-evidence06 Jul 2026 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxyvgs2q22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mpnwxjloek2yPreorder Kakistocracy, Get One-Year Paid Subscription https://www.richardhanania.com/p/preorder-kakistocracy-get-one-year02 Jul 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnwxjloek2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mpjk7cknvs2yIndigenous Activists Defend Progress against Western Civilization • Links, June 2026 https://www.richardhanania.com/p/indigenous-activists-defend-progress30 Jun 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjk7cknvs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mpgfk7a47k2ySixteen Fun Facts about Me https://www.richardhanania.com/p/sixteen-fun-facts-about-me29 Jun 2026 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgfk7a47k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mouscsl5622yWhy Did We Stop Caring about Suffering Africans? • The CNN Effect, Responsibility to Protect, and Kony 2012 as a time capsule https://www.richardhanania.com/p/why-did-we-stop-caring-about-suffering22 Jun 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mouscsl5622yhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mnrlqsxs2c2yOn Defeating the Stupid/Interested Quadrant https://www.richardhanania.com/p/on-defeating-the-stupidinterested08 Jun 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrlqsxs2c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mn7yk3vsdc2sDestroying Jobs Is the Entire Basis of Progress • Concerns about specific technologies should focus on their consumption https://www.richardhanania.com/p/destroying-jobs-is-the-entire-basis01 Jun 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7yk3vsdc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mmyr5nzlys2sLions in Ancient Greece, Michael Jackson's Guilt, and More • Links for May 2026 https://www.richardhanania.com/p/lions-in-ancient-greece-michael-jacksons29 May 2026 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyr5nzlys2shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mmqvq7pdfc2sWhy We've Been Thinking about the Fertility Crisis Wrong • Did humans evolve to seek solitude? https://www.richardhanania.com/p/why-weve-been-thinking-about-the26 May 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqvq7pdfc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mm2ljcb7uc2sCan AI Replace Me Already? • Results of an AI Turing test survey: Women are ready for our new reality, old people aren't https://www.richardhanania.com/p/can-ai-replace-me-already17 May 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2ljcb7uc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mll6mq7quc2sWhy Is Latin America So Violent? • Rights for criminals and limited state capacity are a bad combination https://www.richardhanania.com/p/why-is-latin-america-so-violent11 May 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mll6mq7quc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3ml7uim3x422sHow to Get Me to Like You • The importance of persistence in social relationships https://www.richardhanania.com/p/how-to-get-me-to-like-you06 May 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7uim3x422shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mkzvh3bocs2sThe Iliad as Propaganda Justifying Aristocratic Rule • A theory of Homeric values and cultural stability https://www.richardhanania.com/p/the-iliad-as-propaganda-justifying04 May 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzvh3bocs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mkqroawc6k2nRationalists Turn on Fatima, Update on Venezuela, and More • Links for April 2026 https://www.richardhanania.com/p/rationalists-turn-on-fatima-update30 Apr 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqroawc6k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mkhy37zkyk2nKash as the Poster Boy for Kakistocracy • This is what civilizational decline looks like https://www.richardhanania.com/p/kash-as-the-poster-boy-for-kakistocracy27 Apr 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhy37zkyk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mk5w7jzey22nJesus: Ancient Revolutionary, but Not the Father of the Enlightenment • Review of Tom Holland's Dominion https://www.richardhanania.com/p/jesus-ancient-revolutionary-but-not23 Apr 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5w7jzey22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mjwethor2k2nA Typology of My Haters • The hidden political axis that explains it all https://www.richardhanania.com/p/a-typology-of-my-haters20 Apr 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwethor2k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mjdtdrktts2xUS-Iran Peace Talks Break Down. What's Next? • Also, the Orban era comes to an end https://www.richardhanania.com/p/us-iran-peace-talks-break-down-whats13 Apr 2026 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdtdrktts2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mj5k5hl6ks2xDostoevsky Cucks Himself? • Review of Demons, Part 3 https://www.richardhanania.com/p/dostoevsky-cucks-himself10 Apr 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5k5hl6ks2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3miz5csohq22xWhat Iran Won • They raised the costs enough to make war unthinkable for future US presidents https://www.richardhanania.com/p/what-iran-won08 Apr 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3miz5csohq22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mit6bxlmts2xTwo Ways to Think About the Collective Will • We should trust people more when they have incentives to be rational https://www.richardhanania.com/p/two-ways-to-think-about-the-collective06 Apr 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mit6bxlmts2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3milmr6su6s2xGood Friday Book Review: Crime and Punishment • Dostoevsky on the awfulness of young men and how Christianity can cure misanthropy https://www.richardhanania.com/p/good-friday-book-review-crime-and03 Apr 2026 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3milmr6su6s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mijqf2lpm22xCoups in Africa, Review of Tyler's New Book, Inside the Manosphere, and More • Links, March 2026 https://www.richardhanania.com/p/coups-in-africa-review-of-tylers31 Mar 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijqf2lpm22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mijqf2vmyc2xDespite Abundance, Texas Continues to Pull Ahead of California in Housing • What this can teach us about Elite Human Capital theory https://www.richardhanania.com/p/despite-abundance-texas-continues30 Mar 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijqf2vmyc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mijqf3ihjk2xPolitics as Consolation for Losers • Review of Dostoevsky's Demons, Part 2 https://www.richardhanania.com/p/politics-as-consolation-for-losers27 Mar 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijqf3ihjk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mijqf3s7zk2xImpromptu Interview with James Fishback https://www.richardhanania.com/p/impromptu-interview-with-james-fishback24 Mar 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijqf3s7zk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardhanania.skystack.xyz/post/3mijqf3z2rk2xPlease Stop Talking about "Zoomers" and "Gen Alpha" • Against the early naming of generations https://www.richardhanania.com/p/please-stop-talking-about-zoomers23 Mar 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:pbpcbb3d252ownp3d6kfasu3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijqf3z2rk2x