Fear & Politics Pt 5
‘Voters are basically lazy. Reason requires a high degree of discipline, of concentration; impression is easier…. The emotions are more easily roused, closer to the surface, more malleable….’
Month: May 2016
Fear & Politics Pt 4
Fear makes man unwise in the three great departments of human conduct: his dealings with nature, his dealings with other men, and his dealings with himself. Until you have admitted … Read More
Partisans really put me off.
With each election I witness it is becoming quite evident that the last people that should be listened to are the Partisans, hell they can even put you off a … Read More
Donald Trump is playing the role of The Mule from Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy
Originally posted at​ Eclectablog.com. Anyone making predictions about the outcome of the 2016 presidential race is on a fool's errand. The existence of a Donald Trump candidacy is a disruptor. … Read More
Fear & Politics Pt 3
As the … research suggests, conservatism is largely a defensive ideology — and therefore, much more appealing to people who go through life sensitive and highly attuned to aversive or … Read More
Violence and Misogyny Win Presidential Election
A Presidential candidate who makes flippant jokes about women. Complete with an especially horrific rape joke. Campaigns on explicitly extra-legal solutions to crime problems. Is repudiated by just about everyone … Read More
Fear & Politics Pt 2
Mass movements ultimately need a disaffected population … people who are either economically or culturally dispossessed. Those isolated individuals need to feel part of something bigger than themselves. They need … Read More
