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Passion Isn't Enough

Hidden Brain

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I Love Being a Red Sox Fan

In sports phandom, there's never a goal to convince a yankee fan to come to the redsocks. And if you're on line or only talking about politics to people who are exactly like you, there's no point of thinking of a person on the other political party as some one youed to convince of anything. You don't need to convince them of anything. Ause you're not doing anything. So in short cut, politics, in hobbyism, emotion is the goal. It makes you feel connected to something without doing anything yourself. In real politics, anger, righteous anger and emotion are something you leverage into action. If there is no second step there,

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