PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello Dutch Uncle,
Interesting, from your link:
"Depressed, narcissistic and emotionally detached people are also prone to have a conspiratorial mindset. Likewise, people who exhibit odd, eccentric, suspicious and paranoid behavior – and who are manipulative, irresponsible and low on empathy – are more likely to believe conspiracy theories."
I think you've struck on something.
"The isolation of the lockdowns, compounded by the anxiety related to COVID and the economic uncertainty, made a bad situation worse. Self-reported anxiety and depression quadrupled during the quarantine and now affects as much as 40% of the U.S. population."
That makes sense. Everybody has been impacted by the pandemic. The mentally strong are able to weather it OK. For those who were on the edge going into the pandemic, having the whole world in this crisis pushed them over. If their own financial situation also melted down along the way, they had to be feeling like the whole world was coming apart, and that they no longer had anything to lose.
It's not an issue of intelligence at all. It's mental health. It was desperate people trying to take control of the world in their view.
No wonder it was such a freaking circus. We had a lot of mentally disturbed people seeking guidance from the most mentally disturbed president ever. They were led astray!
And the insurrection was totally Trump's fault. They sought leadership in a narcissistic con man, and they got conned into attacking the capitol. Naturally, he tried to cover his tracks by sending mixed messages. He told them to use force and 'peacefully' fight like hell or they wouldn't have a country. He thinks tossing in the word peaceful let's him off the hook. I do not believe it should.
Trump incited the insurrection.
Yes that morals and maturity matter, but intelligence is a driving factor. Except in Hollywood movies, how many Idiots are moral and mature?
TBH, it's more a factor of mental health, which affects people of all educations, intelligence, cultures, etc. Ted Bundy and Ted Kaczynski were not dummies but they were completely insane.
The people at 1/6? Most of them are on the low end of all the factors we've discussed. 2/3s had previous mental issues and a similar number had severe financial issues such as bankruptcy, overwhelming debt, unemployment, etc. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/q...ntal-health-not-radical-extremism-11616703136
The financial difficulties correlate with mental issues as an effect. People have money problems but mentally ill people often have a lot of money problems.
https://www.inc.com/amy-morin/7-rea...has-nothing-to-do-with-cost-of-treatment.html
7 Reasons Mental Health Issues And Financial Issues Tend to Go Hand-in-Hand
...Research shows financial issues and mental health problems often go hand-in-hand...
..One study found that individuals with depression and anxiety were three times more likely to be in debt. Other studies have even found a link between debt and suicide.
A slight decline in mental health (long before you’d meet the criteria for a diagnosable mental illness) can be linked to increased financial stress. And increased stress can lead to poorer mental health.
Think of psychological well-being as a continuum. On one end of the spectrum is mental health. On the other end is mental illness...
Interesting, from your link:
"Depressed, narcissistic and emotionally detached people are also prone to have a conspiratorial mindset. Likewise, people who exhibit odd, eccentric, suspicious and paranoid behavior – and who are manipulative, irresponsible and low on empathy – are more likely to believe conspiracy theories."
I think you've struck on something.
"The isolation of the lockdowns, compounded by the anxiety related to COVID and the economic uncertainty, made a bad situation worse. Self-reported anxiety and depression quadrupled during the quarantine and now affects as much as 40% of the U.S. population."
That makes sense. Everybody has been impacted by the pandemic. The mentally strong are able to weather it OK. For those who were on the edge going into the pandemic, having the whole world in this crisis pushed them over. If their own financial situation also melted down along the way, they had to be feeling like the whole world was coming apart, and that they no longer had anything to lose.
It's not an issue of intelligence at all. It's mental health. It was desperate people trying to take control of the world in their view.
No wonder it was such a freaking circus. We had a lot of mentally disturbed people seeking guidance from the most mentally disturbed president ever. They were led astray!
And the insurrection was totally Trump's fault. They sought leadership in a narcissistic con man, and they got conned into attacking the capitol. Naturally, he tried to cover his tracks by sending mixed messages. He told them to use force and 'peacefully' fight like hell or they wouldn't have a country. He thinks tossing in the word peaceful let's him off the hook. I do not believe it should.
Trump incited the insurrection.
