anger and fear and politics

In some recent “not sure either is great and I don’t even know how I feel…” studies, researches have found that anger shifts political beliefs more than fear. So… I guess if you want to change someone’s mind, get them angry more than afraid.

But, both work pretty great, so you’re probably good with either.

In other news, Trump arguably uses both more than any president in modern history which is why people will follow him off of a cliff. They are angry and afraid and he feeds them both.

And this all makes me wonder if one of the main problems of liberals is not admitting how afraid and angry we are. It’s almost looked down on - which makes sense in some ways - but it’s also a reality we often ignore with the optimism and go higher train. But we’re all afraid, just of different things as I said in this post in 2021.

And we’re all angry as well, just about different things.

So let’s all admit it. And talk more about it?