To explore political extremism on both the left and the right, and how it relates to our evolutionary psychology. We analyse the issues of what constitutes “going too far on the left” (as well as the right) so that viewers who are being attracted to the extremes may temper their views, and value truthful dialogue as an antidote to the bitterness and arrogance that extreme ideologies accent.
With an initial focus on the left (in order to attract those who wouldn’t ordinarily watch a film like this), we switch gears mid-way and talk about the perils of the “right” as well.