Fascinating article on world view and primal belief

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/primal-world-beliefs-unpacked/202210/we-thought-conservatives-saw-the-world-more-dangerous-we

Short version: Researchers thought that what separated conservatives and liberals was seeing the world as dangerous v. safe. Turns out they were sort of wrong; conservatives were not scaredy cats.

Now this research says the difference is hierarchical views of the world v. not.

Hierarchical doesn't mean there should be a king as much as there are categories that are based in reality (like gender, maybe?)

To me this says conservatives are more likely to see ethics as black/white or right/wrong. That I can buy. They are also more likely to prioritize belief in God (definitely a hierarchy).

I still feel like this research is motivated by a desire to make conservatives look less than intellectually or emotionally. But let me say conservatives, not Republicans. Although that is a Venn Diagram with a lot of overlap, there are outliers. I am one. I am conservative but no longer a Republican, because the Republican party, as I often say, "is up Trump's butt." (Sorry, crude, but it could be cruder.)

Anyway, the article is interesting for people interested in social science. If you think such things are hooey, read a good novel.

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