The intellectualization of emotions is only part of the ideology of people on the left (see blog 5/31). The content of their ideology comes from the typical longing of socialists for a better life, a heaven on earth epitomized in the political slogan “hope and change.” This mystical wish for happiness that has been operating in armored people through the ages, is the basis for every type of ideology both for those on the left and the right. Those on the American right are content to wait for happiness in the afterlife. Those on the left are impatient and demand happiness now. Manifested through political action, this need has polarized American society into two irreconcilable political groups of left and right. Additionally, it functions as a powerful defense in preventing both sides from arriving at real, not substitute, social and political solutions for their personal and social problems.
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Neither Left Nor Right
The Emotional Plague
Charles Konia, M.D. 
You always bring me to much welcomed tears with your writing. You are so clear, to the point, and easy to understand. Thank you.
You’re welcome