Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 day agoHow Unmet Psychological Needs Quietly Undermine Democracy
Democracy requires psychological regulation to thrive, as unmet psychological needs can erode democratic life.
Burke's was a broadside that not only excoriated the social upheavals effected by the French revolutionaries and (by extension) commended by Marx, but the continual economic and social instability prized by modern liberal economic philosophy and practice. Against a new class of elites-mainly, an alliance between ideological progressive theorists and a rising financial oligarchy-Burke urged protection of the stability, tradition, and social continuities vital for the flourishing of ordinary people.
When the doors open, we move toward the entrance in an orderly march. There's a small gasp upon entry-the kind of quiet awe that one feels before the most epic human achievements, as when stepping across the threshold of St. Peter's or the Chartres Cathedral. But in this place, there is no baroque majesty, no stained glass, just abundance bathed in light.