![]() The only way to heal it is for Republicans to win and take back power so the left can start doing some soul-searching. The insanity that rages on the left is our only real existential threat. He would be that spouse in the divorce that the other party wants to destroy without regard to the collateral damage it causes. They would use every dirty trick they can find to destroy his reputation or more. If Reagan were alive and running today, the left would screech and scream at him just the same as they do any other Republican front-runner. So this dream of a moderate Republican riding in on that white horse to attract left of center voters is a dead idea. because their rage has caused them to clutch ideological garbage. will oppose him or her just the same because he/her cannot validate their need to feel accepted. the people needing that constant status and care validation. It does not matter whom the Republican candidate is, the ruling class. Although it might look like the right is also pissed about being rejected, it is more pissed about having the policies of the ruling class shoved down its throat. more so on the left of politics as that is the side with a higher proportion of validation-needy voters. We got over feeling rejected by adults, we didn't expect to be taken care of for life, and found our own path to self-sufficiency.īut the anger over feeling rejected dominates our politics now. We had fewer immigrants and fewer government services. Historically, during and after the two great wars, we had a much greater population of independent voters having developed thicker skin having been raised in an environment of more challenges and tough love, and expected to make their own way in life at a younger age. And why there is no hope for any "moderate" candidate to prevail in a presidential election. This all shapes my thinking for why our politics have degraded into such a war of anger. ![]() We are supposed to start accepting feelings over rational thought. Therapy services for people with unresolved childhood issues have exploded. We have many more government services for the "poor" which locks them too into dependency. Children are coddled well into their 20s. We are supposed to get over that stuff at some point.īut we have seen the dependency bar pushed back. So the cry for attention and the demand for confirmation of acceptance is a survival instinct. ![]() it is highly likely that the child dies at a much younger age. What happens when adults reject a child?. and much greater than any other animal on the planet. If we use the societal marker of 18 years until adulthood, and a life expectancy of 78 years, that is 23% of a life dependent on others. My sense is that it is a childish emotion but one that makes sense from a biological and evolutionary perspective given the long dependency of human children. seem to often be people that struggle with anger over other life episodes of rejection. The most hostile of cases - those where the couple in conflict were determined to destroy the other without concern about the harm caused to their kids, their finances, their sanity. What I learned about human nature during that sorry time of my career was how profound blinding rage against another derives from rejection. I mediated for marital disillusion cases for a couple of years until I could not take it.
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