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In reply to the discussion: Here's an example of our intractable polarization. [View all]usonian
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Certain values are inherent in all of us (believe it or not) such as fairness and compassion. Sympathy is in fact wired into our nervous systems except among a few who lack such wiring.
And that's the point. Those people hijack others' minds by flooding the limbic system ( "fight or flight" ) with fear, uncertainty and doubt, and override both the sympathetic and rational processes (This is highly simplified)
And they manipulate them like sock puppets.
The rational point is that they are losers, conned into thinking they are winners.
Hate is not happiness, and that rewiring of neurons is damn hard to undo.
To seek first to blame rather than process is the mental shortcut the controllers desire.
Now, before psych grads flame me, (come on, I can see it coming), just correct. I'm a physics grad, not a psych grad and whatever I learned is a survival tool that has kept me alive for a long time.
A difference in values is the root cause and hard to change. Most people need a flash of blinding light on the road to Damascus. Or a trip to the municipality of "rock bottom" to see how they were played.
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