I'm not talking about "rhetorical ploys". — Apollodorus
Historically, liberals were opposed to the ruling conservatives, and socialists to the ruling liberals or conservatives. That's why in historical terms the left stands for opposition to the established order. — Apollodorus
Historically, these terms are not fixed. The center shifts and with it those who are on either side. Depending on the issue conservatives may be just as determined to change the established order as the liberals. — Fooloso4
If we are talking about politics then we must talk about rhetorical ploys. It is important to see how much political rhetoric informs our views of politics. — Fooloso4
This is also a psychological explanation, albeit one not rooted in personality traits but social conditioning — Joshs
From my understanding of it that premise is not stressed or pivotal to the theory. — praxis
Depends on the question you have in mind.Is it possible that there are some personality traits that are statistically more commonly shared by liberals than conservatives and others more common to conservatives? If so, is there any value in identifying them? — Fooloso4
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
Philosophy is an anti-psychology and that is its essence and greatness. Politics even more so. — StreetlightX
psychology is uniquely bad at understanding anything because it does not admit of a transcendental perspective. This is why philosophers as diverse as Kant, Husserl, and Frege went out of their way to erase any trace of psychologism from their work. Rightly so. — StreetlightX
The meaning of the transcendental, as well as the psychologistic, has undergone substantial change since Kant. — Joshs
The center doesn't shift of its own accord. It shifts further and further to the left under pressure from the left. — Apollodorus
When conservatives are determined to "change the established order", the established order tends to be an order established either under pressure from the left opposition or under the rule of the left. — Apollodorus
I think it's the other way around. Rhetoric is an expression of political thought. — Apollodorus
Philosophy is an anti-psychology and that is its essence and greatness. — StreetlightX
I will surely bet that those that are either for or against universal healthcare differ in their personal traits. The views that they hold on universal healthcare most likely depends on their own experiences of the system and the government/private sector.So what is your opinion? If a person prizes a free market above the availability of healthcare, is there a personality trait in that? — frank
Considering psychology is largely a garbage science anyway, one has to admire the foresight of philosophers. — StreetlightX
In politics more important might be the actual politics, the implemented policies and so on. — ssu
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
Yes, I agree, though obviously for different reasons. — Isaac
Where groups are oppressed and have been serially so for decades - the poor, minorities, modern day colonies of TNCs...what's needed is more violence and condemnation. — Isaac
I really don't see any reason to think that Side A or B have any kind of 'logic' to their respective worldviews at all, so there's nothing to see in that respect. There are collections of positions which are generally mutually exclusive sets (though some overlap) that are adopted out of habit, conformity, personal narrative building... — Isaac
It is not one way or the other. Influence flows in both directions. — Fooloso4
But someone might make a nonsense investigation and come to the conclusion that if you have a rabbit as a pet, you likely vote X. — ssu
if that someone has the statistics to back up his conclusion then his investigation can hardly be dismissed as "nonsense". — Apollodorus
Perhaps sharks are attracted to ice cream lovers for some as yet inexplicable reason. We just don't know. Someone needs to do a study. — praxis
That's exactly what highlights the problem of political power and its impact on society — Apollodorus
People in trait openness are liberal and people low on trait openness are conservative. — Caleb Mercado
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