"worship" of power ... devine/innate perfection ... concept of christianity echoes larger narrative for  opening up questioning of powerful and dominant by using worship of powerful ... but conservative christianity shows this falls back to blind acceptance of powerful/dominant ... math/science education in america and "the prodigy" ... lack of social learning

Gel

Some themes I've addressed are beginning to gel for me.  I am thinking a lot about the tendency of "liberals" to seek esoteric/exotic ideas/people/things and "conservative" tendency to "go with the flow". This liberal/conservative dichomtomy is potentially confusing due to overlapping liberal/conservative labels within American politics ... though there is much agreement with these labels.  But where does "lazy" thinking fit into this puzzle.  For example, liberal thinkers are not seeking mathematics education en masse.  Has the establishment of a "liberal" identity complicated truly liberal thinking.  How does the "go with the flow" tendency fit with our primordial needs to run with the herd.  How does depression and schizophrenia fit in ... and entheogens?  Are liberals missing out on a huge element of our ecology?  How does this disconnect us from our world ... from "God". What would it mean to fully embrace liberal thinking and conservative values simultaneously?  Is it possible to develop a new identity of truly mutual respect and openness, where knowledge is shared and not used to assert strength?  How does that identity fit within the American political process.

Do Amish people vote?  I'm pretty sure they generally do.