The paranoid mind, wrote Richard Hofstadter — one of America’s great 20th-century thinkers — sees the world as a battle between good and evil. Anything less than total victory will only deepen the paranoia. “Even partial success leaves him with the same feeling of powerlessness with which he began,” Hofstadter wrote. “This is in turn only strengthens his awareness of the vast and terrifying quality of the enemy he opposes.”
美國20世紀最偉大的思想家之一理察•霍夫施塔特(Richard Hofstadter)寫道，偏執的頭腦把這個世界看作是一場善與惡的鬥爭。任何不徹底的勝利都只會加深這種偏執。「即使是部分的成功，也會讓他產生與最初時同樣的無力感。」霍夫施塔特寫道，「這反過來只會強化他對敵人巨大和可怕性的認知。」
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