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diff --git a/content/entry/podcast-the-key-to-trumps-appeal.md b/content/entry/podcast-the-key-to-trumps-appeal.md index ad670dc..afa1826 100644 --- a/content/entry/podcast-the-key-to-trumps-appeal.md +++ b/content/entry/podcast-the-key-to-trumps-appeal.md @@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ title: "[Podcast] The Key to Trump's Appeal" date: 2021-01-07T00:00:00 draft: false -makerefs: false --- -There are many things I don't agree with but I understand the motivation behind them. Religion is an example. I am not a religious person, but I can easily see the appeal of religion. Religion offers consolation for death anxiety. People need to feel like their lives have meaning. Religion offers purpose. People want to believe there's something more to life than everyday conscious experience because frankly, for lots of people, everyday experience just isn't good enough. Everyday experience is dissatisfaction, disappointment and Dukkha[1]. People need hope that "this" isn't all there is. Religion gives people that hope. Even if you're nonreligious, it's not hard to see why religion appeals to people. +There are many things I don't agree with but I understand the motivation behind them. Religion is an example. I am not a religious person, but I can easily see the appeal of religion. Religion offers consolation for death anxiety. People need to feel like their lives have meaning. Religion offers purpose. People want to believe there's something more to life than everyday conscious experience because frankly, for lots of people, everyday experience just isn't good enough. Everyday experience is dissatisfaction, disappointment and [Dukkha](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukkha). People need hope that "this" isn't all there is. Religion gives people that hope. Even if you're nonreligious, it's not hard to see why religion appeals to people. -Donald Trump's appeal to half of Americans on the other hand is something that has puzzled me for years. It's not that he doesn't appeal to me. It's that I haven't been able to comprehend how he appeals to anyone, especially such a large fraction of American voters. I'm not alone in the confusion. Sam Harris[2] has also admitted to struggling to understand Trump's appeal. +Donald Trump's appeal to half of Americans on the other hand is something that has puzzled me for years. It's not that he doesn't appeal to me. It's that I haven't been able to comprehend how he appeals to anyone, especially such a large fraction of American voters. I'm not alone in the confusion. [Sam Harris](https://samharris.org) has also admitted to struggling to understand Trump's appeal. I've made many inquiries to Trump supporters about what they find appealing about him. I get a wide variety of answers but none of the answers given, even taken altogether, seem to account for his appeal. Conversations I've had with Trump supporters have made me disinclined to take their word for why they support him. Here's an example of how one such conversation typically goes: @@ -31,10 +30,4 @@ Studies in the field of psychology have shown that the color of the walls in a r Sam Harris has a fascinating take on Trump's appeal which suggests what one of those underlying psychological influences might be. I'll let him do the talking: -[Video Link][3] - - -Link(s): -[1: https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukkha](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukkha) -[2: https://samharris.org](https://samharris.org) -[3: https://yewtu.be/embed/j3xBUNIkA_c?local=true](https://yewtu.be/embed/j3xBUNIkA_c?local=true) +[Video Link](https://yewtu.be/embed/j3xBUNIkA_c?local=true) |