It is the whole concept of how the world works that makes the communists, anarchists, libertarians, and other ideologic models look infantile. They are all at best subsets of the real problem. It isn't about a class war or war between competing  economic systems or civilizations, but a war between types of personality. This cuts across all these other conflicts.

Bullying has always been deeply engrained in political institutions like most other institutions. In democratic countries, bullying works at a more subtle level than in dictatorships. It tends to be more in the form of "spin" (the "covert" level) rather than "propoganda" (the "overt" level). There was a recent case where the UK government attempted to gag and bully a government funded anti-bullying group by insisting that it sticks to a narrow remit and not criticise the government for bullying ! "The politics of fear" and "dirty tricks campaigns" are well known political phenomina.

A "war on bullying" or "war on abuse" would be much more worthwhile than a "war on terrorism" but of course politicians won't do it as they are bullies themselves.

Whole countries have been personified as a bully, for example the United States in relation to Iraq. The United States has been personified as being "in denial" over its world military dominance and personified as supporting psychopathy.

There has been speculation that leading politicians, such as George W Bush, Tony Blair and Henry Kissinger have a psychopathic or narcissistic trait to them. These politicians are very thick skinned and can seemingly sustain any level of criticism. They also have an unshakeable belief that what they are doing is right. Tony Blair has often been referred to as a "control freak". His ex right-hand man, Alistair Campbell, has often been said to have a bullying streak to him. See Tony Blair: The Man Who Lost His Smile by Leo Abse.

The EQ levels of many politicians and other people in positions of power is probably low. This may be why EQ has not become mainstream yet. EQ may be seen as a threat to leaders whose low EQ would become exposed. Also they may have problems relating to EQ. Cabinet minister Tessa Jowell, admits that the UK government displays poor emotional intelligence.

Former UK Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook MP has said he has learnt EQ and certainly his more recent political stances have seemed quite enlightened.

Measures such as Anti-social Behaviour Orders are always going to have limited effectiveness. Anti-social behaviour is caused by deep-rooted social attitudes and EQ training should specifically address these issues.

There are so many political commentators who write in newspapers giving their solutions to criminality. They have nearly all been tried and failed. Isn't it time to try something new with EQ and therefore crack down systematically on anti-social behaviour and therefore reduce crime as well ?