Voting is irrational. Emotions always win | Eyal Winter

Most of us have little idea about how much our feelings shape our politics. By understanding our craving for ideology maybe one day we can dispense with itOne of my father’s vivid memories of growing up as a Jewish child in Nazi Germany concerned the horrifying visit of his uncle Walter one evening in 1933. Pale as a ghost and shivering with fear, Walter entered the house crying: “I’ve been bewitched!” On his way home from the train station he had come across a Nazi rally. At first he fe