the real question is: what does that say about humans in general (since we see this pattern repeated recently in a few other countries), particularly when stres

the real question is: what does that say about humans in general (since we see this pattern repeated recently in a few other countries), particularly when stressed? it turns out, a few thousand years of civilization isn't enough to evolve significant growth in the prefrontal cortex or atrophy in the lizard-brain, so to speak we're not much more rational than cavemen, and thus biologically as likely as them to break stuff when angry or be fooled by those who promise salvation unfortunately, some seek to exploit those vulnerabilities: making the promises; feeding the anger; manufacturing stress & FUD to decrease decision quality