One possible answer is stigma. Change to asking about mood and the gap disappears.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12043138/

Dare I say it's both religion and the sense of purpose that comes from raising children?

It goes very deep. Quite simply, the act of taking (money, land, benefits, lives) comes quickly, like the second law of thermodynamics on steroids. Advance planning, collusion, and deception ("You'll own the liberals if you cut our taxes") are the external force that speeds the entropy blast.

Building, creating means to help others, is an uphill battle, and is too often a response to the above. Think "Move fast and break peoples' lives". We haven't even begun to undo the demolition of society and even the "western culture" that tech gurus crave, after they demolished it. We want Plato and got Pluto. [0]

Destruction and rapacity come quickly. Construction and repair of values and lives (when possible) are an eternal struggle. "Warrior ethos" does not make lives better. It just makes wars. And history shows how long it takes for them to end, and the irreparable damage they bring.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto_(mythology)

> In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Pluto ... also known as Dis Pater or Orcus, was the god of the dead and the king of the underworld.

Conversely, I'd imagine that conservatives are more likely to "experience a crisis of faith" than their counterparts. And remote jungle tribes are more likely to be hexed by a witch doctor than either cohort. You have to buy into the system for it to affect you.

I'd like to engage more directly with the body of this piece, but since it's paid, I have to extrapolate from the headline. Sorry.