Blueprint Variation: Liberal vs. Conservative Brains
Liberals: More connected to immediate person-to-person things. More connected to the emotion of the moment. People-centric, not thing-centric. This brain wiring is common in people drawn into the creative arts, like actors and musicians.
Conservatives: Connected to thoughts, syllogisms and paradigms. More connected to the emotion of an ideal. Less emotional and people-centric. This brain wiring is common in people drawn into engineering and building fields, including the military command.
Hence: Liberal political thought is more about trying to make individual people happy, today. Conservative political thought is more about creating a system that allows the maximum number of people to be happy, albeit there may be no immediate result today.
Liberal brains are more attuned to immediate wants and needs, and less able to accurately give weight to the long term systemic consequences of their political actions. They will feed a cute pigeon, and flocks of pigeons arrive seconds later and spoil the pavement.
Conservatives are less attuned to immediate wants and needs, and more able to accurately give weight to the long term systemic consequences of their political actions. They will refrain from feeding a cute pigeon, knowing that it will cuase locks of pigeons to arrive seconds later and spoil the pavement.
Liberals think conservatives are cold, heartless and greedy, for ignoring the hungry pigeon. Conservatives think liberals have a low IQ, for failing to see the obvious negative impact of feeding the pigeon.
Liberals see war and focus on the deaths that will ensue. Conservatives see war and focus on the deaths that will be prevented.
Liberals think conservatives are evil, for going to war whereby civilians and soldiers die. Conservatives think liberals are naive and have a low IQ, for failing to see war as the effective way to prevent even more death.
Liberals see a war corpse and focus on the family left behind, and the horror of war. Conservatives see a war corpse as a predicted, statistical casualty.
Conservatives: Connected to thoughts, syllogisms and paradigms. More connected to the emotion of an ideal. Less emotional and people-centric. This brain wiring is common in people drawn into engineering and building fields, including the military command.
Hence: Liberal political thought is more about trying to make individual people happy, today. Conservative political thought is more about creating a system that allows the maximum number of people to be happy, albeit there may be no immediate result today.
Liberal brains are more attuned to immediate wants and needs, and less able to accurately give weight to the long term systemic consequences of their political actions. They will feed a cute pigeon, and flocks of pigeons arrive seconds later and spoil the pavement.
Conservatives are less attuned to immediate wants and needs, and more able to accurately give weight to the long term systemic consequences of their political actions. They will refrain from feeding a cute pigeon, knowing that it will cuase locks of pigeons to arrive seconds later and spoil the pavement.
Liberals think conservatives are cold, heartless and greedy, for ignoring the hungry pigeon. Conservatives think liberals have a low IQ, for failing to see the obvious negative impact of feeding the pigeon.
Liberals see war and focus on the deaths that will ensue. Conservatives see war and focus on the deaths that will be prevented.
Liberals think conservatives are evil, for going to war whereby civilians and soldiers die. Conservatives think liberals are naive and have a low IQ, for failing to see war as the effective way to prevent even more death.
Liberals see a war corpse and focus on the family left behind, and the horror of war. Conservatives see a war corpse as a predicted, statistical casualty.
posted by BummerDietz at 11:49 AM
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