Paul Graham on Twitter: "I suspect the anger precedes the doctrine. Naturally angry people end up at political extremes, but which is a matter of chance."

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1. Tewfik Cassis‏ @tewfik10 10 Feb 2017
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  check out "Age of Anger" by Pankaj mishra. Great book that explains exactly this
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1. Scott McKenzie‏ @scottmckenzie80 10 Feb 2017
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  true. But I think other factors condition party choice more than chance.
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1. Brad Urani‏ @bradurani 10 Feb 2017
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  Does that mean people are angrier than usual right now? Becomes extremism is high
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1. dl willson ‏ @im2b 10 Feb 2017
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  this is...out of touch.
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1. Ryan Moulton ‏ @moultano 10 Feb 2017
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  It's heritable, so probably not chance.
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1. zachary negual carter‏ @zii 10 Feb 2017
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1. Jason Bucata‏ @jb31842 10 Feb 2017
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  Disagree: I saw something a few weeks ago that ultra conservatives are more highly motivated by what they called "disgust"
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1. Grateful Geeks‏ @GratefulGeeks 10 Feb 2017
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  Yes anger leads to extreme beliefs, but I doubt chance decides which one. More likely a tribal thing.
  
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