Study Finds Link Between Boredom & Political Extremism

[rdean]

“Boredom is a common emotion that people tend to avoid and it is typically considered a nuisance. In psychological science, boredom has been researched little; it seems almost as if many scholars assumed that a common experience such as boredom is trivial. What caught our attention was that more and more research suggested that long-term boredom had many scary correlates: depression, anxiety, problem gambling, and so on. It seemed that boredom was anything but a mere nuisance and could have a real long-term impact,” Wijnand van Tillburg, Ph.D., from King’s College London and the main author of the study told R&D Magazine in an exclusive interview.


“A reoccurring core theme that we found was a search for more meaningful engagement. People who are bored feel that their current activity (or lack thereof) seems utterly purposeless. As a result, they look for opportunities to do something that gives them a sense of meaning,” van Tillburg added.


Study Finds Link Between Boredom & Political Extremism

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I believe this is one of the reasons we need to get right wingers into school. To give their lives some purpose beyond mom's basement.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

So you're bored?

 

[Skull Pilot]

IOW people have it too easy in this country because they can get everything they want with little effort.

Funny how some of us didn't have time to get bored when we were young

 

[martybegan]

IOW people have it too easy in this country because they can get everything they want with little effort.

Funny how some of us didn't have time to get bored when we were young

If you look at most of the radicals from the 60's and 70's they were children of middle to upper middle class parents, had a good upbringing, and went to college. The poor don't have time for radicalization unless really really poor and decide enough is enough. Weathermen, Red Army Faction, Action Directe, all of those groups had a core of the children of the moderately well off. For once Rdweeb may have posted something useful.

 

[Sunni Man]

Deanie boy must be the most bored person on the planet. .......

 

[Intolerant]

Deanie boy must be the most bored person on the planet. .......

Na Just boring.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

“Boredom is a common emotion that people tend to avoid and it is typically considered a nuisance. In psychological science, boredom has been researched little; it seems almost as if many scholars assumed that a common experience such as boredom is trivial. What caught our attention was that more and more research suggested that long-term boredom had many scary correlates: depression, anxiety, problem gambling, and so on. It seemed that boredom was anything but a mere nuisance and could have a real long-term impact,” Wijnand van Tillburg, Ph.D., from King’s College London and the main author of the study told R&D Magazine in an exclusive interview.


“A reoccurring core theme that we found was a search for more meaningful engagement. People who are bored feel that their current activity (or lack thereof) seems utterly purposeless. As a result, they look for opportunities to do something that gives them a sense of meaning,” van Tillburg added.


Study Finds Link Between Boredom & Political Extremism

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I believe this is one of the reasons we need to get right wingers into school. To give their lives some purpose beyond mom's basement.

A prime example would be the BLM movement.
Those people need to get jobs to alleviate the boredom.

 

[Intolerant]

Why work when you have all the benefits of government.

 

[rdean]

So you're bored?

Unlike you, I'm not an extremist.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

So you're bored?

Unlike you, I'm not an extremist.

LMAO

 

[rdean]

So you're bored?

Unlike you, I'm not an extremist.

LMAO

To be an extremist, you have to believe in "feed the poor and they will breed" and "let him die" and "education is for snobs" and "let's nuke Iran" and so on.

You know, the stuff your kind believes in.

 

[dpr112yme]

Why work when you have all the benefits of government.

Work offers a much higher pay rate than receiving government assistance.

 

[dpr112yme]

I do believe that people who are 'bored' can become extremists in a way. And many times they can become extremist in unhealthy ways. Not only can a 'bored' person become politically extreme, boredom can also lead to extremity in all the other venues that life, (with or without $$$), offers. Sex, drugs, movies, driving around, etc... can all be part of those things which offer a person to get out of the boredom. And if a person does not like any form of Government to begin with and he/she is a political-activist-type, boredom could lead to his/her involvement in riots and protests and the such.