People’s individual and socio-political character armor are the primary forces determining destructive human interactions. Unfortunately,the effect of human armor on irrational thinking and behavior is not generally recognized. The harmful effects of armor lead to two ways of thinking: mechanistic or mystical. These correspond in a general way to the political ideologies of the Left and the Right. Political leaders and others who think ideologically to the left of center of the political spectrum think mechanistically; they view human beings and society as if they were a kind of machine that can be controlled and manipulated through outworn socialist schemes from the top. They have no trouble recognizing the limitations of the political Right. Political leaders and others who think ideologically to the right view humans mystically, assuming that there is some higher, mysterious purpose governing human life. They have no difficulty recognizing and opposing the destructive socialist policies promoted by the Left. When these opposing ideologies rigidify as they have today,American society becomes riven and is in danger of being destroyed.
It is not enough to see the shortcomings of the Left or the Right. Functional thinking allows one to recognize the limitations of both political ideologies and to see that they are components of a unified and mutually exclusive system of thought characteristic of all armored humans called “mechanistic-mysticism”. These thought systems always function to oppose one another and this is why there can never be any reconcilement between them.
According to functional thinking and contrary to popular belief,the political center is not absolute and static. Depending on social conditions it can shift to the left or right. In today’s anti-authoritarian society the political center has shifted far to the left. Therefore, from a functional perspective, many of those who are on the political right actually belong on the true center in their political thinking and attitudes. This is why they are often capable of making rational sense when it comes to politics.
Functional thinking permits one to step out of the prevailing, narrow mechanistic-mystical worldview. It provides the possibility to have a clear perspective and understanding of the world we live in and of the way certain severely armored individuals are able to bring about the social chaos and destruction,the operation of the emotional plague,that we are currently witnessing.
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Charles Konia, M.D. 
Dear Dr. Konia, does recent research on the biological foundation of political inclinations support the orgonomic view on socio-politics? Especially the “blue” brain vs. the “red” brain. Or is this research flawed from a functional point of view? Wasn’t Dr. Baker the very first scientist who theorized about a biological foundation of political views? Any comment?
http://www.livescience.com/17534-life-extremes-democrat-republican.html?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=LS_12192011
I believe that Dr Baker was the first scientist who proposed that there was a biological basis to the socio-political thinking of the left and the right. I am not familiar with the “blue” vs. “red” brain study. However I present evidence confirming this relationship in my upcoming book “Neither Left Nor Right”. See Oxley. D. et al. “Political Attitudes Vary with Physiological Traits.” Science vol 321, pages 1667-1670.