Why are republicans afraid?

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21. Political arrested development

They are spoiled children in the political sphere because they have failed to accept the role of hero in their politics, thinking that in this one facet of their lives, at least, they need infinite protection and everything should belong to them. The classic hero faces challenges and accepts the losses incurred in meeting them because in return they win a level of self-sufficiency and self-understanding that gives them not only personal freedom but the opportunity to transform the world into a safer place for the innocent. The corrupt reject this role, instead continuing the self-centered worldview of the infant, despite being afforded the powers and privileges of a grown-ass adult, and demand their needs be met and their persons protected from an ever-widening class of fearful things.

Why do we liberals give a damn about immigrant children we may never see, while right-wingers view them as a threat, or at least the disposable victims of their own parents' ambition? Because liberals can't be content while the innocent suffer, and right-wingers can't be content unless even the tiniest threat to their complacency is destroyed.