Is it always just different political views or are there more fundamental psychological differences that make those views appealing to us in the first place? — Apollodorus
it it does not displace the central role of politics which is giving more power to some at the expense of others. People with privileges want to keep them. Those deprived of them want more equality. — Valentinus
Well, as I say, we can't all be perfect. But have you read the article I referred to in my other post? I believe it confirms much of what I was saying.
“The Psychology of Politics: How does psychology make sense of the madness of politics?” It's from Psychology Today. — Apollodorus
This study helps us understand why people with equally strong moral convictions may vehemently disagree on political issues such as abortion, capital punishment and flag burning.....So, politics does have something to do with psychology after all, But it takes a "philosophy forum" to deny it ... — Apollodorus
“Liberalism and conservatism are rooted in stable individual differences in the ways people perceive, interpret, and cope with threat and uncertainty,”
Of the many factors that make up your worldview, one is more fundamental than any other in determining which side of the divide you gravitate toward: your perception of how dangerous the world is,”
“Conservatives react more strongly than liberals to signs of danger, including the threat of germs and contamination, and even low-level threats such as sudden blasts of white noise,”
n the U.S., side A and B inhabit different universes of thought. don’t think there is a single rhetorical game, but different games played in parallel universes. — Joshs
Furthermore, these universes tie together and inform a multitude of specific political positions: gun control , climate change , views about covid danger and mask wearing , abortion, death penalty , immigration , terrorism, identity and gender politics, patriotism, economics, religion. — Joshs
It can allow side A to see the logic of side B’s positron from their vantage even when side A continues to prefer their own viewpoint. — Joshs
To succeed at this means to no longer have to delegitimize B’s thinking. What fuels today’s polarizing political scene is not simply that the opponents see the world differently , it’s that they cannot fathom how one could in good conscience hold the views of the opposing side. This leaves only delegitimizing explanations for the other’s behavior. — Joshs
Its advantage is to protect you from reacting violently, punitively, condemningly, toward the other. — Joshs
Beating up a “stupid” article, what is it kill the scarecrow day where you live?
The article is worthless. I’m not just saying that because I find foundation theory compelling and given that you also find it worthless there’s no point in bothering to explain. — praxis
Then maybe you can stop the others from constantly mentioning the book, too. Thanks. — Apollodorus
What are you talking about? Are you an expert in the psychology of politics? — frank
I’ve only skimmed your posts ... — praxis
the left, wherever it appears, represents a fusion if diverse agendas arising out of contemporary circumstances. — frank
So your point is that a single failure doesn't indicate that the whole endeavor has failed. — frank
I think the reason that attempting to describe the left psychologically is bound to create false conclusions is that the left, wherever it appears, represents a fusion if diverse agendas arising out of contemporary circumstances. — frank
Yes. If by 'point' you mean much the same as the 'point' that trousers go on button-frontwards, or the 'point' that one shouldn't piss upwind, then yes, my 'point' is that some people are sometimes wrong. — Isaac
Why would the environmental embeddedness render any conclusions false? — Isaac
Precisely because they are irrelevant. Which is the point. — StreetlightX
While that is an interesting line of inquiry, it does not displace the central role of politics which is giving more power to some at the expense of others. People with privileges want to keep them. Those deprived of them want more equality. — Valentinus
Could you go into a little more detail here? I'm not quite sure what your point is. — frank
to psychologize a political movement, we'd need to first show that the people in the group have similar psyches. — frank
Do they? — frank
I'm sorry to see you on the side of Nazi sympthsizers who babble shit like 'the left is characterized by high degrees of narcissism' — StreetlightX
to psychologize a political movement, we'd need to first show that the people in the group have similar psyches. — frank
Why? Saltpeter, charcoal and sulphur are dissimilar yet we can model the resultant mixture as a system containing all three.
Do they? — frank
That's the point of the study. Of course we could always just guess. — Isaac
Would it be that it was it's only sin. — StreetlightX
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