Most polls will say that the majority of Americans are moderate. You can’t tell by our politics.

Donald Trump has a strong man ideology. Some people would say it borders on fascist. He seems to side with dictators like Putin, MBS, and Duterte.

On the other side the so-called progressive wing of the Democratic Party leans towards socialism.

The other day congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that being moderate is just an attitude of life like -- meh.

Here’s where she takes on Trump’s ideology.

Here’s what we’ve seen happen. When are politics turns towards ideology and away from practicality, we run into problems.

That is what’s happening now.

There is a great book out there called the Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt.

It’s about four years old but his conclusions hold up.

He examined why people vote the way they do.

He also looked at why some people are conservative and others are liberal.

But one of his biggest conclusions was about ideology – because that’s what people look for.

He talks about organizations like association, religions, and corporations.

And here’s what Haidt says these organizations do.

They bind and then they blind. What does that mean?

It means they bind you – they bring you together for a cause, then as time goes on they blind you to keep you – when things change.

There are tons of good examples.

The Catholic Church blinding us about pedophile priests.

Major-league baseball in the 1990s ignoring performance-enhancing drugs -- because it boosted attendance.

How about college basketball and the money scandal with shoe companies.