I’m with you. Especially since 2020. I see lots of people with similar material conditions to me who have access to all the same information as me and largely are exposed unwillingly to the same shit as me. How am I the only one in the group that came to the conclusion “Getting covid 1000 times is bad” for example?
How are you like “idk maybe I should support Kamala Harris” when I know what your instagram feed looks like bc you have the same friends I have? Do you just care less about the dead children you keep seeing?
It’s honestly difficult to see people land where they are when given the same access to things as I am, and not be like “Damn, maybe I’m just smarter and have clearer morals than you.”
According to one of my favorite psychological models, Timothy Leary’s 8-circuit-brain, the first circuit is survival, the second circuit is emotional, the third circuit is intellectual, and the fourth circuit is moral.
People get stuck in certain circuits and are easily exploited due to their stuckness. For example, Red MAGA is stuck in the emotional circuit, which is why appeals to their fears and “patriotism” work so well. Blue MAGA is stuck in the intellectual circuit, which is why they want to feel smarter than everyone else, even at the expense of having values.
By the time you have a moral code, you’re way beyond the comprehension of at least half of American adults.
I’m with you. Especially since 2020. I see lots of people with similar material conditions to me who have access to all the same information as me and largely are exposed unwillingly to the same shit as me. How am I the only one in the group that came to the conclusion “Getting covid 1000 times is bad” for example?
How are you like “idk maybe I should support Kamala Harris” when I know what your instagram feed looks like bc you have the same friends I have? Do you just care less about the dead children you keep seeing?
It’s honestly difficult to see people land where they are when given the same access to things as I am, and not be like “Damn, maybe I’m just smarter and have clearer morals than you.”
Morals are advanced.
According to one of my favorite psychological models, Timothy Leary’s 8-circuit-brain, the first circuit is survival, the second circuit is emotional, the third circuit is intellectual, and the fourth circuit is moral.
People get stuck in certain circuits and are easily exploited due to their stuckness. For example, Red MAGA is stuck in the emotional circuit, which is why appeals to their fears and “patriotism” work so well. Blue MAGA is stuck in the intellectual circuit, which is why they want to feel smarter than everyone else, even at the expense of having values.
By the time you have a moral code, you’re way beyond the comprehension of at least half of American adults.