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The Paradox of Political Pleasure
One of the things that people sacrifice, I think this maybe makes it a little clearer or a little more evident, one of the things people sacrifice is their self-interest. The main supporters of the Republican Party are those that don't benefit necessarily financially from their policies. It's an interesting strange arrangement I think yet they, in the fact that they don't benefit is what creates this sacrificial element. There's some element of sacrifice of use, utility, interest and then that's given up for the sake of a political, for this political enjoyment.