So if the people you vote for always screw you,

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11. Emotions have a stronger and quicker effect than logic

Have you ever been scared? Like "I am going to die" scared? Or angry, like you "can't see straight" angry?

If you ever have, one thing that you should realize, if you have any insight into your thought processes, is that your cognitive abilities go out the window during states of heightened emotional response. Your limbic system takes over and you tend to go into an autopilot of sorts. Your body's autonomic responses take over. When you recover, your recall of the event is distorted but it is ingrained that way.

This is a similar situation that has happened with many conservatives. They tend to live in a state of constant arousal. If they listen to conservative media, they are fed a steady diet of fear, of anger, and they are told exactly who is to blame for their fear and anger. Their "reality" is somewhat different than the kind of "common reality" that other people who are not in that bubble, tend to agree upon and create together. The one where the scientific method is useful for trying to define, test, and explain phenomena. The one where we acknowledge differences with respect and appreciation. Their bubble is one of constant fear and anger and they are being programmed to vote for the side that tells them they will eliminate the sources of their fear and anger. It is a very real and very psychological process.