It shouldn’t be surprising that psychological differences inform our political intuitions. Hollywood doesn’t make people liberal. Artistic / creative people are more likely to be liberal, and they’re more likely to move to Hollywood.
We can define a psychological dimension as authoritarian vs non-authoritarian. Non-authoritarian psychology makes people more experimental and creative. They color outside the lines. They are more interested in art, theater, acting or music. They are more likely to experiment with alternative religions and spiritual practices (or no religion at all). They are more likely to be politically liberal. That’s probably why religion has the strongest correlation to political views. It’s the same underlying psychology.
The alternative is an authoritarian psychology that makes people favor law enforcement, punishment, mainstream religion (especially of a morally authoritarian kind), and more culturally mainstream forms of activity and recreation (less likely to experiment with drugs, for example). It makes people less experimental in their clothing, choice of music, etc. It’s more likely to make you a political conservative.
While not all conservatives are authoritarian, 99% of authoritarians are conservative (there was a paper published about that, but I can’t find it right now).
It shouldn’t be surprising that psychological differences inform our political intuitions. Hollywood doesn’t make people liberal. Artistic / creative people are more likely to be liberal, and they’re more likely to move to Hollywood.
We can define a psychological dimension as authoritarian vs non-authoritarian. Non-authoritarian psychology makes people more experimental and creative. They color outside the lines. They are more interested in art, theater, acting or music. They are more likely to experiment with alternative religions and spiritual practices (or no religion at all). They are more likely to be politically liberal. That’s probably why religion has the strongest correlation to political views. It’s the same underlying psychology.
The alternative is an authoritarian psychology that makes people favor law enforcement, punishment, mainstream religion (especially of a morally authoritarian kind), and more culturally mainstream forms of activity and recreation (less likely to experiment with drugs, for example). It makes people less experimental in their clothing, choice of music, etc. It’s more likely to make you a political conservative.
While not all conservatives are authoritarian, 99% of authoritarians are conservative (there was a paper published about that, but I can’t find it right now).