Posted by EngineeringProfit > 2020-06-09 08:40 | Report Abuse

To win, politicians, almost inevitably with the media’s help, do their best to keep people separated, by propagating imaginary “others” concept. Because if people spent time with others, talked to them, and ate with them, they would learn that they are the same. The “fight or flight” response has helped us survive. But it is a loophole in our biology that can be abused by politicians. By scaring us, demagogues turn aggression toward “the others,” whether in the form of vandalizing their temples, harassing them on the social media, or killing them in cold blood. When demagogues manage to get hold of our fear circuitry, we often regress to illogical, tribal, and aggressive human animals, becoming weapons ourselves — weapons that politicians can use for their own agendas. The irony of evolution is that while those attached to tribal ideologies of racism and nationalism perceive themselves as superior to others, they may be acting on a more primitive level themselves.