You can turn people Conservative by making them feel vulnerable and liberal by

[applegrove]

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making them feel superhuman.

"SNIP.....

In John Bargh's book Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do he writes that he and his team asked participants to picture themselves as Superman. They were asked to really picture what it would be like to be as invincible as Superman – Business Insider reports – where bullets, fire, and falling off a cliff wouldn't hurt them. The control group was asked to picture themselves merely having the ability to fly.

The participants were then asked to rate statements to assess their political beliefs. This time the experimenters found that it was conservatives' beliefs that shifted. They became – albeit briefly – more socially liberal than they were, whilst liberals' attitudes remained unchanged by the thought experiment.

.......SNIP"

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Applegrove: If it is that simple the GOP base needs to be informed of this ..... that the GOP has them back on their heels on every issue including by getting rid of unions. That a multiethnic USA will roar into the future with such a variety of takes that so many issues and problems will be solved. It will be glorious.

[rampartc]

1. starting the day with optimism and enthusiasm!

thanks applegrove!