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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids of republicans tend to be happier.  Republicans tend to have a more hopeful perspective than democrats.  Democrats tend to amplify the negative to a degree that is terrifying and kids aren’t mature enough to recognize that some of it is hyperbole.  But even when it is hyperbole, the general undertone of democrats is a sad and dire view of humans, the country, the world, etc.  whereas republicans tend to have a more pragmatic view about trying to fix things that can be fixed and accept those that can’t.  I’m independent and that is my observation.  This forum is heavily democratic as is the NYT so I think it just naturally skews in a confirmation bias direction on things like this.  [/quote]

I think that is how republicans think they are but that's not what actually happens. Trump for example is hopeful by being hateful. So his hope is contingent on someone else taking the blame. Obama was also hopeful but to me not as hateful to others. It's not really the same as being hopeful if you are pinning all the bad of the world on someone else and they both did this to some extent but Trump does this at a much higher rate. I get why someone with narcissistic tendencies might think they are superior and think they come across as happier while hating on others but that is also not healthy and a lot of people who are like Trump and like "winning" and picking out "losers" tend to be losers themselves in real life and really their hopefulness is fake. They just deflect problems onto others and eventually get fired, etc. when people figure out they are full of hot air and have just been elevating themselves above who they really are and won't take personal responsibility. The most republican areas of the country aren't exactly booming, and we're told they voted for Trump because they were made hard up by democrats so from the start they come across as failing underdogs, not the winners they proclaim themselves to be. You see this a lot with religious people too. They sign themselves a label and then pretend everything they do is ordained by god rather than realizing both God and Satan or just themselves can create evil and nothing they do is from God but that they have their own agency and often choose wrong over right.

I do think republican areas can be a little bit more simple living and due to that they probably come across as having fewer cares beyond their immediate circle. That part is a little healthier than democrats who sometimes think way beyond their influence and stress over matters that don't involve them, but really if you talk to either of them, one group blames others and the other group tries to manage beyond their control. They are both flawed, just in different ways.[/quote]

Last bit is true. Republicans only care about their problems, and figuring out how to afford the latest F150 is a much more solvable problem than climate change or societal inequality. [/quote]

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