Baffled by Trump Supporters, Climate Naysayers, Anti-Vaxxers?
One simple question to help understand mass motivations
I am one of those who don’t have extreme views about most issues and am OK to see how different people may have different perspectives.
Yet, there are times when I wonder — how the hell did this thing get majority support? The Trump win was one such time, other times I cringe when I hear people saying “climate change is a hoax” or when I see people opposing vaccines as a fundamental concept.
So, I tried to rationalize in my mind, what could be driving people’s motivations? There had to be a logical explanation when it wasn’t a one-off person with a different view, but a large group of people, sometimes even the majority with a view that seemed rather irrational.
The first step was to detach any emotions from the analysis and think about it purely objectively.
Could it be something that they’re thinking that I am completely missing?
How can they not see what’s obviously the right thing?
The word “obvious” is an interesting one. It’s a relative word that is used most often as it is an absolute. It’s not.
