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Parasitic Ideas and Modern Voting Behavior
This chapter examines the influence of biological and psychological factors on decision-making in the context of voting, particularly with Donald Trump as a focal point. It introduces the concept of 'idea pathogens' to describe how certain ideologies undermine rational thought and highlights the challenges posed by academic rigidity against understanding these influences. The chapter ultimately calls for a 'mind vaccine' to combat these detrimental ideologies, linking historical societal hysteria to contemporary beliefs like the 'woke mind virus.'