"Yet if you look at the reactionary trends in the U.S. and Western Europe, it is apparent that the root of this behavior is anger, which fuels intolerance, racism, nativism, and the abandonment of reason. You hear general bafflement that a country as wealthy as the U.S. which dominates the world economy, should have such dysfunctional politics. Trumpism didn’t create the toxicity of such political extremism; it only brought a simmer to a boil.The situation everywhere is complex, I know, and anyone might despair at the helplessness of the individual in the face of inflamed behavior. But change begins “in here.” Look at your own circumstances. If you are overly stressed and face pressure every day, if you don’t have periods of relaxation throughout your day, if joy is absent in your life, if you dwell on how much you hate the other side politically, if you obsess over nightly horrors in world news, if you show increased irritability and impatience — all of these are markers of inflammation that harm mind and body." that about describes it... ANGER on fire... no one left standing..