PSD and Victor Ponta didn't see it coming, they lost at almost 9% difference after they leaded in polls with 10%.Why?
The first layer of the brain it is the reptilian brain, it handles territory protection and food, it is ruled by fear and hunger.
The second layer it is mammalian brain. It handles social skills and emotions. In this layer resides the empathy, commitment and social bonding.
The messages given by Ponta campaign staff came from the reptilian brain:
They tried to separate the electorate from mr. Johannis
But fear of losing elections determined them to block the vote from diaspora.
Their reptilian brain didn't understand that the emotions of seeing fellow Romanians, crowded in front of embassy triggered a solidarity with them in Romania, and the society coagulated against Ponta government. They didn't understood other people feelings.
The adversaries of mister Ponta used messages for the mammalian brain: solidarity with our fellow countrymen, unity against tyranny, fight for common values of freedom and justice. They united the electorate against Ponta, and they succeed.
Mammalian brain 1 reptilian brain 0. The evolution works, it seems.
Mr. Ponta stuff would succeded in a system that uses fear and hunger to control people: a dictatorship, but the democratic society it is based on social bonds, and on shared values, so to succeed in such a society you must have empathy to understand people and convince them.
They are not adapted to a democratic society, so they will disappear, as our society will become more democratic.
The first layer of the brain it is the reptilian brain, it handles territory protection and food, it is ruled by fear and hunger.
The second layer it is mammalian brain. It handles social skills and emotions. In this layer resides the empathy, commitment and social bonding.
The messages given by Ponta campaign staff came from the reptilian brain:
- Fear: Johannis, will secede Transylvania, will start a civil war. He is a foreigner and an heretic.Only the current government will protect the pensions.
- Hunger: If Johannis will win, you will suffer from pensions cuts and unemployment as it was under Boc government.
They tried to separate the electorate from mr. Johannis
But fear of losing elections determined them to block the vote from diaspora.
Their reptilian brain didn't understand that the emotions of seeing fellow Romanians, crowded in front of embassy triggered a solidarity with them in Romania, and the society coagulated against Ponta government. They didn't understood other people feelings.
The adversaries of mister Ponta used messages for the mammalian brain: solidarity with our fellow countrymen, unity against tyranny, fight for common values of freedom and justice. They united the electorate against Ponta, and they succeed.
Mammalian brain 1 reptilian brain 0. The evolution works, it seems.
Mr. Ponta stuff would succeded in a system that uses fear and hunger to control people: a dictatorship, but the democratic society it is based on social bonds, and on shared values, so to succeed in such a society you must have empathy to understand people and convince them.
They are not adapted to a democratic society, so they will disappear, as our society will become more democratic.
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