re: #61 Fozzie Bear

That they are delusional is beside the point. The middle class is taking it up the ass right now, and if you don’t have any real understanding of why that is happening, it makes sense (on a visceral level) to identify with other pissed off people.

Have you ever been really really pissed off, and had someone very calmly try to tell you that you are getting worked up over nothing? It doesn’t go over well.

I think the point is that many of them are pissed off for no real good reason. Sure, many may be out of work and being screwed by the same wealth transfer system that is busily turning them into cultists that will vote against their best interests to maintain the same system that’s screwing them. That’s sad and frankly evil. But many aren’t in dire straits. Many cultists are in fact doing quite well, all things considered. Yet they are angry, and they are angry because the media world they inhabit specifically tries to make them angry, because emotion creates loyal followers. Furthermore, emotion, even anger, is addictive, and so they continue to seek out the media that makes them angry.