Mikhail Yampolsky. Photo: Seance.ru 1. Paranoya and leader In 1964, Richard Hoffstedter published the famous essay "Paranoid style in American politics", where it was about a certain style of thinking, characteristic of American right, in particular, addiction to secrecy, suspicion and conspiracy search. Two years before, Elias Kanetti published the no less famous book "Mass and Power", in which he wrote that Paranoya is an integral feature of all power.