A Political Drama Play
Written by: Amy G. Dala
The Amygdala is a small almond-shaped lobe in the brain that functions as the brain's primary Fear Processor. The Amygdala is part of the R-Complex, the most primitive subsystem of the brain.
Most of our political drama is driven by the machinations of the Amygdala. We don't like to talk about our fears, so the higher centers of the brain do one of two things. We either map Fear directly onto Hate (e.g. xenophobia) or we semantically invert our Dreads into reciprocal Desires and claim to be pursuing our Desires (rather than running away from our Dreads).
When the Amygdala goes into overdrive, we get the worst of all politics, the hateful politics of Fascism.
Sometimes you just gotta tell your bloody Amygdala to chill out.
Unless, of course, you have an insatiable appetite for shreklisch political drama.
The End... Don't forget to vote...Amy G. Dala
