There is a linkover between psychology and politics, but it tends to take the roundabout pathway there through sociology. So I substituted common sense instead. Building up from ordinary life , and taking a detour into Hateland, I've given a few illustrations of what the term means in politics. Hopefully, you'll be better at spotting it once you reach the inevitable conclusion. For this screed, I'm back to the nationalistic navel-gazing, only this time, I'm encouraging people to go after the lint.
Contempt breeds contempt.
There's been a lot of fuzzification on this point , which I've tried to clear away by drawing a workable, if not exact, line. With a marked lack of mysticism to back it up. The simple way of memorizing the words and the English translations of them, though the best way to pick it up quickly, has some hidden snags which can snarl you up as you try to learn it. Here's a few that I encountered , with some tips for the ones you might bump into if you choose to learn the language. The age we live in has full wells in some areas and dry ones in others.