It's possible to predict people's authoritarian/racist attitudes just by knowing what they value most in children -- obedience, respect for elders, and good manners - vs. curiosity, independence, and considerateness...
..."Much of what we think of as racism [or] political & moral intolerance is more helpfully understood as ‘difference-ism'...an overwhelming desire to establish & defend *some* collective order of oneness & sameness” -political scientist Karen Stenner: is.gd/74imyY...
...More on the psychology of authoritarianism: bit.ly/1LSsYro.
Here's the key point: People with an extreme need for order, a fear of other races/religions, and a general attraction to strongman leaders tend to see Trump's assault on democracy not as a bug but a feature
Here's the key point: People with an extreme need for order, a fear of other races/religions, and a general attraction to strongman leaders tend to see Trump's assault on democracy not as a bug but a feature
P.S. In case you're interested in how this topic echoes in classrooms, a few years ago I reflected on how some teachers value obedience for its own sake, with curriculum content & assessment chosen to maximize compliance rather than the other way around: is.gd/SMI1Ww
P.P.S. To clarify, the 1st tweet in this thread isn't something I thought up in the shower this morning. Karen Stenner's research (see 2nd tweet) found that these values do in fact cluster in two distinct sets, which are negatively correlated & predictive of opposed worldviews.
