Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd. — Bertrand Russell
Belonging is a drug and we are all addicted to it. When a “like” validates our social worth, or we ignore work to respond to our most recent email, we confirm our identity in a tribe. Our brains reward the recognition with a dopamine rush.
For years, I started my day with a dopamine hit at six a.m. from Morning Joe.
Actually, I got my fix a little later, recording the show, to feed my craving at a more civilized hour. The debate was fun and stimulating: This tribe was passionate, intelligent, and slightly mutinous. I, along with other beltway viewers, wanted to belong and be insiders, too. When Don Imus self-immolated and left Washington suffering a painful withdrawal, Scarborough Country, then Morning Joe, stepped up to provide a home.
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7 comments:
I agree at one time Joe had one opinion and Mika had another and it was interesting but then it changed,Joe got pu$$y whipped and the show was never the same again and that's when I stopped watching.
Yep, once both got divorces so they could get together, its been downhill since.
Sad.
It sounds like network pressure.
Democrats. No time for anything but complains about Trump
Well is truth be told the world would immediately become a better place when the useless lying waste of oxygen takes him last breath. he won't die anytime soon though. He will linger because even the devil doesn't want his lying smelly arse in hell.
The show used to be entertaining. Now it's brainless, run-of-the-mill crap. It's only a matter of time before they used animal acts to boost their ratings.
Beltway viewers? This is the Eastern Shore, dude. We could care less about that crap across the bridge.
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