https://seunghoonchoi.com/tags/political-psychology/Recent content in Political Psychology on Seunghoon ChoiHugoen-USSun, 21 Jun 2026 19:10:00 +0900https://seunghoonchoi.com/column/anatomy-of-politics/Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:10:00 +0900https://seunghoonchoi.com/column/anatomy-of-politics/<p><img src="https://seunghoonchoi.com/images/col-anatomy-of-politics.jpg" alt="A brass microphone glowing on a dim event-hall podium"></p> <p class="inline-image-caption">People who are not good at empty words must earn trust by making small promises and actually keeping them.</p> <p>When I lie, it shows all over my face. Praise I do not mean, and soulless diplomatic lines, do not sit well in my mouth. If I force them out, I become uncomfortable first, and my expression breaks down before anything else. But politics is the work of winning people&rsquo;s hearts. Often you have to say what many people will like, what they want to hear, what reassures them right now. So is a person like me, who cannot make empty talk, simply unsuited to politics?</p>