Is it possible that the conservative takeover of the U.S. government is, in part, caused by mass brain frizz?

Question

It seems to me that the world is now so complex (and in many ways terrifying) and there is so much incoming information that people gravitate toward leaders who do not trouble themselves with nuance or factual complexities.

In addition, there is more of a tendency to rely on commentators, such as Rush Limbaugh, to "make sense" of things, because they can't read a few news stories and compare differing perspectives.

(There should be about four sets of quotation marks around the phrase, "make sense.")

Thanks for the links below.

What I call making sense:
The use of logic;
the avoidance of fallacies, including the ad hominem fallacy;
the assembly of facts;
an understanding that a fact is a statement that most reasonable people agree is true, while an opinion is an interpretation of fact.

Among other criteria.

And what's yours?

Answer 1

No is the answer to your question.

Answer 2

Politics in the US runs on a pendulum swing. People are unhappy with what is going on, so they vote for BIG changes.

When the BIG changes happen, they don't like it so the vote NEW BIG changes... which they don't like.

Subtlety is not something our system does well. Politicians have to appeal to big bucks to fund the campaign, use sound bites to get coverage, oversimplify issues, appeal to a broad base of people with conflicting opinions, etc.

Then we have the primary system which is almost designed to eliminate the candidates mostly likely to really do anything useful- the independent thinkers, the unconventional, the ugly (non-media friendly), the intellectual, etc.

Then, we redo everything every 2 or 4 years, so the politician barely settles in before they have to start re-campaigning.

Answer 3

If you call the Conservative "take over" caused mass brain frizz.
Then if the Democrats "take over" then can we call it,the "night of the living dead"?
As far as reading different perspectives,what news rag will you find that in?
What do you consider as "making sense",
what "is,is"?

Answer 4

It was caused by many people waking up and seeing what the leftists were and are doing to our country.

Answer 5

Maybe a mass ice cream head ache

Answer 6

Conservatism is a mental disease.
Actual studies:
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/firststone/conservatives_deconstructed/

http://isbushantichrist.blogspot.com/2005/04/is-conservatism-degenerative-mental.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/11/28/308/98527
http://www.reason.com/news/show/34935.html

Answer 7

Education system is in ruins for a reason, only good education there is ivy league Universities which not everyone can attend.

Answer 8

I agree with everything you say. There is no explanation except.....their pony tails are too tight.