During the years of the migration crisis, Professor Martin Konvička, the leader of the Czech anti-immigration movement, has repeatedly pointed out that the view of migration has a lot to do with the overall mood of life. Mass Muslim migration was often supported by depressed and disturbed people who hated themselves, their surroundings, their parents, their lives… in fact, everything. For them, the arrival of the masses of jihadists was a way of blowing everything up. The Islamization of the country, on the other hand, was opposed by people who were quite cheerful, who enjoyed life a lot, who were happily enjoying the conveniences of the 21st century and didn’t want to lose it.
Martin Konvička had no statistical investigation behind this. Just a personal observation from various discussions and other interactions.
Recently, I have been repeatedly reporting here on the texts of the social of the psychologist Jonathan Haidt. These are based on solid research and Konvicka’s observation. Between the liberal attitude (which is now manifesting itself and a personal tendency toward anxiety and depression is a strong correlation.
When you suffer from depression, the whole world is understandably bad and dark, every minute is misery, when it’s very hard to rejoice, then you actually the prospect of nuclear war doesn’t bother you so much. Life’s not worth living anyway. was worthless.
If, on the other hand, you see the world as a great place to live and enjoy every day with joy, your priorities are completely opposite.
This is not a universal explanation for the current argument about war or peace. But it may add to all that has been said before.