In this part of the analysis, the natural swamp closely mirrors the current political quagmire, where survival depends on the consumer, the prey, and the predator. Because the swamp is an ecosystem, and in the case of the political swamp, a closed, human-made ecosystem, members depending on threats may change roles at any time.
In the political swamp, the consumer is similar to the bystander commonly found in bullying events; the prey becomes the victim, and the predator becomes the bully. Without checks and balances to guide appropriate behavior, this bully triad becomes a toxic, unproductive mess. Voters do not knowingly place experienced bullies into power; therefore, elected officials often display these characteristics after being exposed to the closed ecosystem of the political swamp.
Bandura, a famous psychologist, studied the effects of moral disengagement in closed systems such as terrorist sects and dictator regimes and found that when new members are isolated in challenging environments, beliefs, morals, and values become compromised. If this is the case in the current political swamp, the culture will become toxic, and a change will be needed to improve the environment so that elected leaders are guided by their morals and values and those they represent. -Dr. Stewart
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