That could be a simple “not enough science to express things rationally.” Or even dark, they’ve seen so much bad and no counter to it in their formative years t

That could be a simple “not enough science to express things rationally.” Or even dark, they’ve seen so much bad and no counter to it in their formative years that naked hope is a sort of lunge point. (Politics really has gone from “roughly responsive and representative” to pretty close to one party rule even when they’re out of power.) Like how people will turn to the more or most extreme options if they feel desperate.