The primary determinants of political belief and action are based on the individual’s socio-political character structure. Belonging on the political left, the liberal character functions mainly from his superficial layer or facade because the morality and the ideology of the political left originate from this layer. It’s function is to defend against the liberal individual’s perceiving impulses from his core and destructive middle layers. This perceptual distortion is why the liberal cannot act forcefully when physical aggression is required and it is why because of his guilt that he is quick to identify with America’s enemies whenever there is an international dispute. Despite his lack of aggression and free floating guilt, however, the true liberal has always been a loyal American and a supporter of her democratic ideals.
Then around 2007, a colossal hoax was perpetrated on the American public. Seemingly out of nowhere and with little known of his past history, Barack Obama, an individual with an entirely different (pseudo-liberal/communist) character structure was introduced to the American public as a member of the political mainstream, as a no nonsense, honest to goodness, legitimate liberal member of the Democratic Party. This was a brilliant coup that was accomplished, in part, by effectively concealing his past association with leftist radicals and, in part, by his being actively promoted by the mainstream media for what he was not.
Most liberal characters were unable to see this coup because they live almost entirely from their superficial layer. Living from their intellect prevented them from seeing and feeling what was happening in front of their eyes and in their depths. This is why it was a simple matter for Obama to pass himself off as one of them. All he had to do was feed them the liberal’s idealistic slogans that they love hearing enough times to sound convincing to them (“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”) etc. This he successfully did in his 2008 presidential campaign.
However, the similarity between the true liberal and Barack Obama is delusory. In contrast to the liberal, Obama merely pretends to be defended against the expression of his destructive middle layer. Cut off from his biological core, Obama’s superficial layer is entirely in the service of expressing his destructive middle layer against America. He expresses his contempt and hatred of the tradition of independence, resourcefulness and individual responsibility that is characteristic of Americans whenever possible, something that is impossible for the liberal to recognize. No other Democratic American president no matter how liberal from Roosevelt to Clinton has been as disdainful of America and Americans as Obama. Because of the seeming similarity in their structures, liberals must vote for Obama even if Obama’s economic and social policies actually run counter to their own interests.
Neither Left Nor Right
The Emotional Plague
Charles Konia, M.D. 