Political Extremism and the Brain

Donald Trump has been called by many Americans “worse than Hitler,” an “evil dictator,” or “The White Devil.” Often derisively labeled Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS), this tendency appears to have expanded during his second term to include Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Trump voters in general. The breadth of targets has accompanied an intensification of political histrionics, criminality, and even violence – but why? A recent study blames this partly on the brain.

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Liberty Nation News recently explained how social media platforms and algorithms that amplify traffic of toxic or emotionally infused content aggravate this psychological scourge. But these technologies can’t account for the phenomenon alone. Yes, they spread and amplify negative content – but the negativity had to already exist for that to…