How Should Reasonable Members of US Ccongress Treat Their Fundamentalist Collegues?
Florian Galler
In the Journal of Psychohistory it is argued that «Donald Trump maintains his presidency
against the opposition of more than half of the country «… and that «fundamentalist
immersion in a social trance is cruscial to maintaining Trump’s
political support… It is
suggested that fundamentalism is engaged in a purity campaign to cleanse
America of non-Christian elements…(1)
Cleansing away evil is the definition of fundamentalism’s purity crusade
against unwanted sexual expression, unwanted races and unwanted strangers and
against anything that obstructs Christian Supremacy.» (2)
Lloyd
DeMause, founder of the «Psychogenic Theory of History» wrote the following on "Crusades": "Given the central role of the removal of ‘sinful’ feelings in group-delusions,
it is no coincidence that they are so often conducted as crusades, for
the Crusades of the Middle Ages are a paradigm of violent group
actions conducted for the stated purpose of cleansing the soul of all
sin - since Crusaders joined the movement with the promise that this
would wash their souls of all sinfulness. The group-psychological purpose
of group-delusions is in fact identical to that of all scapegoating and
sacrifice in primitive and ancient societies: the purging of pollution and
impurities (which is to say sexual and hostile wishes) through redirection
toward substitute victims, a purification undertaken in order to restore group
stability. (3)
Now after we saw that the motivations of fundamentalist crusaders might stem from an obvious unconscious social trance within an obvious unconscious group delusion we can proceed to the question of how Republican politicians in the US Congress should be treated by their Democratic collegues. To answer this we should consider that in the social trance and the group-delusion the personalities are dominated by their sever alter egos and that beside of their cruel alter ego there may exist a reasonable and humane personality.
Would it be wise and ok to cooperate with the reasonable personality parts of fundamentalist Republican politicians and achieve a success together, as Democratic presidential candidate Biden proposes and is criticized for by his rivals as we can see below?
Jun. 19, 20919, TheHill.com
Biden under fire for talking of 'civility' with segregationist senators
The 2020 Democratic candidates for president are beginning the most important week of their campaigns with the front-runner looking more vulnerable than ever.
Former Vice President Joe Biden has seen his poll ratings dip amid controversies over hot-button issues such as race and abortion. His responses have left many Democrats dissatisfied, sparking fresh questions about his judgment — and about the durability of his support