The dems started relying completely on that strategy. They threw away the hope and change stuff that won them the presidency in 2008. Like the person you’re replying to said, they gave up on the “bleeding heart liberals”.
Conservatives have larger amygdalas so they respond more to that strategy. Liberals have larger prefrontal cortex’s where things like empathy and critical thinking happen, that’s why they’re “bleeding heart liberals”.
It’s not a small difference. A random person off the street with zero medical training can tell your political leaning from just an MRI scan once someone points out the two relevant parts with like 82% accuracy, which considering some people will be “between” is crazy accurate.
Now, the difference isn’t innate, and it can change even later in life.
But as people’s brains change so the amygdala gets to call more shots, that person is going to want conservative politicians, so Dems move to the right to chase the voters they scared into becoming more conservative…
Which just further disenfraches the people with a larger left insula (prefrontal cortex) and makes both parties appear the same to them even if one is the “lesser evil”.
It’s not really new, we’ve known about this since before trump won his first election.
It’s just the people running the DNC do t care about sociology or even psychology…
Because not everyone thinks the same.
Unfortunately both parties have pivoted to chasing voters who are just afraid of “them” and that’s what they both built campaigns around.
Fear of “them” will always translate to more conservative votes than liberal, so Republicans will win those elections the majority of the time.
Like, maybe you were just complaining it happened, but if you legitimately didn’t know why, that’s probably the largest contributer.
Dems gave up on “bleeding heart liberals” because they have standards as voters.
These strategies have existed and have been deployed in the past. “Them” have always existed and have been exploited to more/less success.
So what’s changed this cycle?
The dems started relying completely on that strategy. They threw away the hope and change stuff that won them the presidency in 2008. Like the person you’re replying to said, they gave up on the “bleeding heart liberals”.
Nothing.
Human variation has always existed.
Conservatives have larger amygdalas so they respond more to that strategy. Liberals have larger prefrontal cortex’s where things like empathy and critical thinking happen, that’s why they’re “bleeding heart liberals”.
It’s not a small difference. A random person off the street with zero medical training can tell your political leaning from just an MRI scan once someone points out the two relevant parts with like 82% accuracy, which considering some people will be “between” is crazy accurate.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/848363
Now, the difference isn’t innate, and it can change even later in life.
But as people’s brains change so the amygdala gets to call more shots, that person is going to want conservative politicians, so Dems move to the right to chase the voters they scared into becoming more conservative…
Which just further disenfraches the people with a larger left insula (prefrontal cortex) and makes both parties appear the same to them even if one is the “lesser evil”.
It’s not really new, we’ve known about this since before trump won his first election.
It’s just the people running the DNC do t care about sociology or even psychology…
Just money