politics is the primary mechanism by which society regulates its emotion. people get emotional when you say that you don't follow politics because that is how t

politics is the primary mechanism by which society regulates its emotion. people get emotional when you say that you don't follow politics because that is how the 'politics' mechanism operates. people express anger outwards - at the out groups who are seen as 'not helping' - and upwards, where it is packaged and managed by people who are capable of handling intensely powerful emotions - many of them are sociopaths, who simply don't care. try watching house of cards with the 'politics as emotional transfer mechanism' model running. see how many decisions are made on the basis of creating or moving jobs. having a job makes people calm. not having a job makes them worried. you can start to view the capital building as the 'central emotional processor' of the nation, where emotions are packed up in intense chunks and moved around between people who believe they are just trying to get more power, but are effectively reducing emotional tension.