They’ve effectively tied their self identity to their politics. They’re caring and smart, and everyone that opposes them is heartless and dumb. Changing their affiliation causes therm to re-evaluate their identity, and most can’t cope with the fact that they are everything they profess to hate.
I suspect that people without a guiding set of core principles are more susceptible to this.
They stand for nothing and cling to normative political views spewed by MSM propaganda without thinking deeper into it. The programming is so effective that otherwise intelligent people turn their critical thinking off for certain political topics
This applies to so many subjects these days.
They’ve effectively tied their self identity to their politics. They’re caring and smart, and everyone that opposes them is heartless and dumb. Changing their affiliation causes therm to re-evaluate their identity, and most can’t cope with the fact that they are everything they profess to hate.
I suspect that people without a guiding set of core principles are more susceptible to this.
They stand for nothing and cling to normative political views spewed by MSM propaganda without thinking deeper into it. The programming is so effective that otherwise intelligent people turn their critical thinking off for certain political topics
They’re spiritually defunct. Government has become their god.
Thank you, much more concise way of saying it
Same thought came to mind as I scrolled down to see my frens think alike