There’s a psychological phenomenon called “loss aversion” that can help explain why Democrats remain in a terrible funk and why the GOP smells blood. Simply put, human beings would rather not lose something than gain its equivalent. Studies have shown that people who
I hear alarm from journalists about how states are rigging elections in favor of the GOP & the impending collapse of democracy, but not much from prominent Dems. With all the threats of violence, should'nt we be making more noise? With SCOTUS stacked as well, this seems urgent to me.
Good points, good article. But you are looking at fear of loss only from the Dem perspective. NOBODY fears and loathes loss more than the infantile *trump and, by extension, his acolytes, sycophants, enablers, and political coat-tail hangers-on. They go so far as to deny reality in order to deny loss, and those political hangers-on who actually do have at least one foot in reality are willing to play dumb and stick with *trump for no other reason than to keep from losing their seats of power. So fear of loss is by no means limited to Dems. For *trump Republicans it's largely what drives them.
Should there also be an concern, or awareness at least that, by putting Republicans on the defensive, thereby making them feel they have "more to lose" that it might also serve to motivate them even further? Not sure if that presumption is correct, and I do also understand the positive in this piece, but wondering if that would/should also be remembered as we proceed or not. Thanks!
The dems need to gain a sense of urgency and fight back they seem to be just sitting back and allowing the GQP to rin the show even though we have majority it in sanity what’s happening dems need to stay vigilant and we need to come out in droves in order to save democracy or all will be lost on 2022
I hear alarm from journalists about how states are rigging elections in favor of the GOP & the impending collapse of democracy, but not much from prominent Dems. With all the threats of violence, should'nt we be making more noise? With SCOTUS stacked as well, this seems urgent to me.
Good points, good article. But you are looking at fear of loss only from the Dem perspective. NOBODY fears and loathes loss more than the infantile *trump and, by extension, his acolytes, sycophants, enablers, and political coat-tail hangers-on. They go so far as to deny reality in order to deny loss, and those political hangers-on who actually do have at least one foot in reality are willing to play dumb and stick with *trump for no other reason than to keep from losing their seats of power. So fear of loss is by no means limited to Dems. For *trump Republicans it's largely what drives them.
I've been waiting for someone to verify what we all know: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/12/05/npr-data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate
Should there also be an concern, or awareness at least that, by putting Republicans on the defensive, thereby making them feel they have "more to lose" that it might also serve to motivate them even further? Not sure if that presumption is correct, and I do also understand the positive in this piece, but wondering if that would/should also be remembered as we proceed or not. Thanks!
The dems need to gain a sense of urgency and fight back they seem to be just sitting back and allowing the GQP to rin the show even though we have majority it in sanity what’s happening dems need to stay vigilant and we need to come out in droves in order to save democracy or all will be lost on 2022