http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/29/the_four_horsemen_of_the_teapocalypse?page=full
This article describes how the Great Depression was understood as a moral response to our sins. We are going through the same "cleansing" exercise today. I think that the psychology of resentment, which DeLong attributes to Nietzsche, aptly describes the psychology of the Tea Party. It is a powerful motive that Hitler exploited to perfection.
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