Sickos [they/them, it/its] @ Sickos @hexbear.net

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boofing it with squee and the boys

Climate change threatens all human life on the planet and nothing is being done to prevent it

"Oh no, the economy!"

I wish I could access the paper to complain about specific points and numbers. The fossil fuel industry is pulling in $1.5-4T profit annually.

Money isn't real profit is theft and they're killing our home

There are a lot of people who are going to believe this wholeheartedly.

The absurdly long ones make me happy

It was scored agree/disagree on these items, that were then given arbitrary (to me) weights (positive and negative) for "Anti-Hierarchical Aggression", "Anti-Conventionalism", and "Top-Down Censorship": ::: spoiler the inventory:

• The rich should be stripped of their belongings and status.
• Rich people should be forced to give up virtually all of their wealth.
• If I could remake society, I would put people who currently have the most privilege at the very bottom.
• America would be much better off if all of the rich people were at the bottom of the social ladder.
• When the tables are turned on the oppressors at the top of society, I will enjoy watching them suffer the violence that they have inflicted on so many others.
• Most rich Wall Street executives deserve to be thrown in prison.
• Constitutions and laws are just another way for the powerful to destroy our dignity and individuality.
• The current system is beyond repair.
• We need to replace the established order by any means necessary.
• Political violence can be constructive when it serves the cause of social justice.
• Certain elements in our society must be made to pay for the violence of their ancestors.
• If a few of the worst Republican politicians were assassinated, it wouldn't be the end of the world.
• I would prefer a far-left leader with absolute authority over a right-wing leader with limited power.
• Schools should be required by law to teach children about our country's history of racism, classism, sexism, and homophobia.
• Anyone who opposes gay marriage must be homophobic.
• Deep down, just about all conservatives are racist, sexist, and homophobic.
• People are truly worried about terrorism should shift their focus to the nutjobs on the far-right.
• The "old-fashioned ways" and "old-fashioned values" need to be abolished.
• Radical and progressive moral values can save our society.
• All political conservatives are fools.
• I cannot imagine myself becoming friends with a political conservative.
• Conservatives are morally inferior to liberals.
• It is important that we destroy the West's nationalist, imperialist values.
• I try to expose myself to conservative news sources.
• There is nothing wrong with Bible camps.
• I hate being around non-progressive people.
• Classroom discussions should be safe places that protect students from disturbing ideas.
• University authorities are right to ban hateful speech from campus.
• I should have the right not to be exposed to offensive views.
• To succeed, a workplace must ensure that its employees feel safe from criticism.
• We must line up behind strong leaders who have the will to stamp out prejudice and intolerance.
• When we spend all of our time protecting the right to "free speech" we're protecting the rights of sexists, racists, and homophobes at the cost of marginalized people.
• I am in favor of allowing the government to shut down right-wing internet sites and blogs that promote nutty, hateful positions.
• Colleges and universities that permit speakers with intolerant views should be publicly condemned.
• Getting rid of inequality is more important than protecting the so-called "right" to free speech.
• Fox News, right-wing talk radio, and other conservative media outlets should be prohibited from broadcasting their hateful views.
• Even books that contain racism or racial language should not be censored.
• I don't support shutting down speakers with sexist, homophobic, or racist views.
• Neo-Nazis ought to have a legal right to their opinions. :::

ResearchGate has a PDF

Lol, from your link:

In the present studies, we investigate the nature, structure, and nomological network of left-wing authoritarianism (LWA), a construct famously known as "the Loch Ness Monster" of political psychology.

I knew hexbear was full of cryptids

Ah, here we go, quote from the study:

Importantly, the right anterior insula is strongly related with affective empathy

Disclaimer: not a shrink and I generally believe most "social" sciences are unworthy of the title, but I really do like to read

They cite studies that do fMRIs to test cognitive vs affective empathy; more recent trends in psychology/neurology tend toward defining more than two kinds of empathy; most often using cognitive, affective/emotional, and compassionate.

• Cognitive empathy: detecting and analyzing the emotional state of another
• Affective/Emotional empathy: experiencing the emotional state of another or tying it to one's own experiences
• Compassionate empathy: a desire or drive to alleviate another's emotional distress

Compassion is a big-brain thing--as in it requires a bunch of the brain bits working together, instead of a couple areas firing up.

But seriously scientists please do find the fascism center of the brain so I can figure out how to apply the cure

[T]he key trait linked to LWA is anxiety, especially in relation to the AHA and AC subscales (r = 0.30 and 0.31, respectively). This relationship is not surprising, given that LWA has been associated with neuroticism and higher sensitivity toward threatening situations and grievance

Ok nevermind they understand me completely

I am not a statistician so I can't authoritatively say their data is bunk, but this looks more like a nice shotgun pattern than correlative data

As the researchers defined them, right-wing authoritarians are people who ascribe to conservative ideologies and so-called "traditional values" who advocate for "punitive measures for social control," while left-wing authoritarians are interested in "violently overthrow[ing] and [penalizing] the current structures of authority and power in society."

Not that I believe the political compass is a valid representation, but whatever definition these folks are using is even weirder. Then again, they agree with Engels that revolutions are authoritarian by nature, so maybe i'm the wrong one.

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I find it hard to believe that leftists would be associated with less empathy--but empathy is a very flexible word in psychology.

Vibes have been off so long that I have forgotten what it feels like when they're not

During the trade war, the fascist ideological framework could transform any data about existing amerikkkan society into positive evidence. If Trump refused to negotiate a point, he was playing hardball and forcing the enemy's hand; if he appeared willing to make concessions, this was skillful diplomacy. By enforcing high tariffs, he was combatting the trade deficit; but when in fact he rolled back most tariffs, it was because he understood the art of the deal. If the stock market was down, this demonstrated that foreign interests were manipulating the economy; but if the line went up, this meant the people were embracing the regime's policies. If the workers went on strike (as happened on infrequent occasions), this was evidence of communist infiltration; if they didn't go on strike (because they were intimidated and lacked freedom) it represented satisfaction with employment. A scarcity of consumer goods demonstrated the need to re-shore manufacturing; an improvement in grocery prices meant that the leaders were listening to the population's needs.

If conservative parties in other countries suffered massive electoral losses while mirroring Trump's policies, this was only because the elections were rigged by a massive leftist conspiracy. How one rigged elections without holding any semblance of political power was never explained. What we are dealing with is a nonfalsifiable orthodoxy, so assiduously marketed by the ruling interests that it affected people across the entire political spectrum.

something something non-falsifiable orthodoxy something

YES WE DID! He told us we might have to hurt a little in order to fix our financial situation. He said this at his rally’s.

I don't think the libs have come to terms that a plurality of Trump supporters are tautologically Trump supporters. Like, they support Trump because their identity is supporting Trump. They define themselves as Trump supporters. Their first principle is "Trump is right, he's my guy".