You are reading a single comment by @hugo7 and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
-
but I think part of the problem is the sheer lack of education on politics, how to talk to others and how to adult and not throw a tantrum. I found out in my 30s (!) to be aware that humans are wired to be tribal, go into panic mode for any threat (which politicans exploit) and every discussion is seen as a fight by your brain.
Quoted for posterity.
hugo7
JWestland
Or men ;)
I see a lot of unreasonable dumbness on Facebook, but I think part of the problem is the sheer lack of education on politics, how to talk to others and how to adult and not throw a tantrum. I found out in my 30s (!) to be aware that humans are wired to be tribal, go into panic mode for any threat (which politicans exploit) and every discussion is seen as a fight by your brain.
Took me a while not to get too worked up and even then I avoid most online discussions as it's too hard to get anywhere. Even if you try. [Has our office brexiter softened his stance yet I wonder... ;)]
If we'd all know perhaps it would be less of a zero sum situation as I find it hard to imagine there are so many people that need to grow the fuck up.
The pure racist alt-right and the pure hard core lefties aren't 50% of the population.