Anger, Not Fear, Drives Shifts in Political Attitudes After Threats, Study Finds
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A study found that anger, rather than fear, drives changes in political attitudes after threats, shedding light on the psychological mechanisms underlying political shifts; the discussion is limited but suggests interest in the research's implications.
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So the desire for political shifts drains the nation's attention away from (locally) consequential actions. There's plenty of stuff that approximates direct democracy at the town level but the tough (=hard to keep in _both_ prefrontal & basal) part is trickling it upwards
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/democracy/direct-democracy-seri...
Sorry for the meta: pols45/joules77 is your type, only richer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45787446
*Zen Buddhism+Methodism != Stoicism but come quite close