http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... -politics/
LEHRER: Do you think this effect comes into play during election season?
SOLOMON: Yes, we think so. In his 1998 book, The Denial of Death, Ernest Becker, based on Max Weber’s study of charismatic leadership, proposed that in times of crisis, when fears of death are aroused, people are more likely to embrace leaders who provide psychological security by making their citizens feel like they are valued contributors to a great mission to eradicate evil.
This is absolutely fascinating. Too long to cut and paste (IMO).
Check it out.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_ ... ent_theory
TMT is derived from anthropologist Ernest Becker's 1973 Pulitzer Prize-winning work of nonfiction The Denial of Death, in which Becker argues most human action is taken to ignore or avoid the inevitability of death. The terror of absolute annihilation creates such a profound – albeit subconscious – anxiety in people that they spend their lives attempting to make sense of it. On large scales, societies build symbols: laws, religious meaning systems, cultures, and belief systems to explain the significance of life, define what makes certain characteristics, skills, and talents extraordinary, reward others whom they find exemplify certain attributes, and punish or kill others who do not adhere to their cultural worldview. On an individual level, self-esteem provides a buffer against death-related anxiety.
Posting in light of our election year massacre in Orlando, occurring right at a time when Americans are being shaken to the core by the obvious cheating and subverting of Democracy by our Culture - our PTB, those who we trust to protect us from Death.
