u/dandle

Research points to natural reasons for our political ideologies. Diversity in neurological structures cluster so that some people have brains that respond to novel stimuli with fear, loathing, and anger and others that respond to novel stimuli with attention and curiosity. The former seem to favor conservative politics, and the latter seem to favor liberal politics.

So we should expect to see this across populations. People with more emotional brains are conservative. People with more rational brains are liberal.

This neurological basis for political affinity does not, however, explain why American Republicans struggle with humor. Irony and satire are difficult for them to understand and even more difficult for them to produce. Conservative "comedians" are largely unfunny and work with "humor" that tends to be very basic and reinforcing of existing beliefs.

Is this true outside of the US?

Do local police departments not understand that the endgame of Flock is to "defund the police" and to replace law enforcement officers with a national surveillance system? Some of them will continue to be required to respond to emergencies and document crimes, but Flock fundamentally is an effort to downsize police forces and zero out retirement budgets by making these public employees redundant.