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       Re: True Left breakthrough: non-economic explanations
       By: Zea_mays Date: October 17, 2021, 8:34 pm
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       Yet another reason why democracy needs to be abolished. The
       electorate is so unbelievably retarded that they can be swayed
       by any sort of propaganda...
       [quote]84% of Trump voters worry about discrimination against
       whites and think Christianity is under attack
       New polling released today by Project Home Fire in partnership
       with University of Virginia's Center for Politics has found that
       Trump voters are animated by concerns about anti-white
       discrimination and the fate of Christianity in America.
       [...]
       The polling found that 52% of Trump voters said they strongly
       agreed with the statement, "I worry that discrimination against
       whites will increase significantly in the next few years," a
       figure that rises to 84% when including those that somewhat
       agree. An even higher percentage, 61%, strongly agreed with the
       notion that "Christianity is under attack in American today,"
       which also rises to 84% when including people who somewhat
       agree.
       Meanwhile, Biden voters largely disagreed. On both counts, only
       38% of Biden voters strongly or somewhat agreed that anti-white
       discrimination is a problem and that Christianity is under
       attack. 91% of Democrats strongly or somewhat agreed that
       "system racism in America is a real and serious problem."
       Further polling conducted by the group revealed just how tied to
       immigration Trump voter's concerns were; upwards of 80% of them
       strongly or somewhat agreed that they were worried about paying
       higher taxes due to illegal immigrants using healthcare,
       welfare, and education resources. A similar percentage were
       strongly or somewhat in agreement with the notion that they
       would "suffer personally" from the US being more socialist as a
       result of immigration.
       "Trump voters are deeply and personally animated by a strong
       anti-immigration sentiment that unites their thinking across
       previously distinct and separate policy areas," the report
       observes.[/quote]
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       Re: True Left breakthrough: non-economic explanations
       By: Zea_mays Date: December 4, 2021, 5:33 am
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       [quote]Social dominance theory (SDT) is a social psychological
       theory of intergroup relations that examines the caste-like
       features[1] of group-based social hierarchies, and how these
       hierarchies remain stable and perpetuate themselves.[2]
       According to the theory, group-based inequalities are maintained
       through three primary mechanisms: institutional discrimination,
       aggregated individual discrimination, and behavioral asymmetry.
       The theory proposes that widely shared cultural ideologies
       (“legitimizing myths”) provide the moral and intellectual
       justification for these intergroup behaviors[3] by serving to
       disguise privilege as “normal”
       [...]
       A primary assumption in social dominance theory (SDT) is that
       racism, sexism, nationalism, and classism are all manifestations
       of the same human disposition to form group-based social
       hierarchies.[13] The social tiers described by multiple theories
       of stratification become organized into hierarchies due to
       forces that SDT believes are best explained in evolutionary
       psychology to offer high survival value.[14] Human social
       hierarchies are seen to consist of a hegemonic group at the top
       and negative reference groups at the bottom.[15]
       [...]
       SDT believes that decisions and behaviors of individuals and
       groups can be better understood by examining the “myths” that
       guide and motivate them. Legitimizing myths are consensually
       held values, attitudes, beliefs, stereotypes, conspiracy
       theories,[23] and cultural ideologies. Examples include the
       inalienable rights of man, divine right of kings, the protestant
       work ethic, and national myths.[24][20] In current society, such
       legitimizing myths or narratives are communicated through
       platforms like social media, television shows, and films, and
       are investigated using a variety of methods including content
       analysis, semiotics, discourse analysis, and psychoanalysis.
       [25] The granularity of narrative extends from broad ideologies
       at the highest level to middle level personal myths (positive
       thinking of oneself as a successful smart dominant, or
       submissive inferior[26]), reaching the lowest level of
       behavioral scripts or schemas for particular dominant-submissive
       social situations.[27] Categories of myth include:
       paternalistic myths (the dominant hegemony serves society,
       looks after incapable minorities)
       reciprocal myths (suggestions that dominants and outgroups
       are actually equal)
       sacred myths (karma or divine right of kings as a
       religion-approved mandate to dominate others)[28][/quote]
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       Re: True Left breakthrough: non-economic explanations
       By: Zea_mays Date: January 11, 2022, 11:10 am
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       Economic factors have been used to explain why large US cities
       are even more segregated than they were during the Jim Crow
       days, despite legal barriers to integration being removed.
  HTML https://belonging.berkeley.edu/press-release-most-metros-us-have-become-more-segregated-1990
  HTML https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-step-with-income-inequality-us-cities-more-geographically-segregated-than-ever-13050270/
       But "racial/ethnic preferences" are also driving this. (Parental
       preference for school districts is typically painted as a
       primarily economic issue!)
       [quote]White, Asian and Latino parents in New York City all
       express strong racial/ethnic preferences in where to send their
       kids to high school, according to a study just published in
       Sociology of Education. The study suggests that these
       preferences contribute substantially to school segregation in
       New York, which has one of the most racially segregated school
       systems in the country.
       “Part of what’s going on is white parents living in a diverse
       city who don’t send their kids to Black neighborhood schools,”
       said study author Chantal Hailey, an assistant professor of
       sociology at The University of Texas at Austin. “But the choices
       and preferences of non-white parents also contribute to school
       racial and ethnic segregation.”
       [...]
       She found that when white, Asian and Latino parents were
       presented with the choice of otherwise similar schools that were
       majority Black, majority white, majority Latino or mixed, the
       racial/ethnic demographics directly influenced their
       preferences.
       White parents rated the hypothetical majority white school
       highest, followed by the mixed school, then the majority Latino
       and Black schools. Asian parents, like their white peers, were
       also less willing to attend the majority Latino and Black
       schools. Latino parents preferred the majority Latino school,
       and most wanted to avoid the majority Black school. Black
       parents showed no statistically significant preference for any
       of the schools based on racial/ethnic composition.
       The results of Hailey’s experiment were consistent with the
       real-world administrative data on family preference in the New
       York high schools. Controlling for numerous other school
       characteristics, white families were 97% less likely to rank
       majority Black schools first on their applications compared with
       majority white schools, and 84% less likely to rank majority
       Latino schools first. Asian families were 90% less likely to
       rank majority Black schools first and 45% less likely to rank
       majority Latino schools first. And Latino families were 67% less
       likely to rank majority Black schools first on their
       applications compared with majority Latino schools.[/quote]
  HTML https://news.utexas.edu/2022/01/07/racial-demographics-influence-school-choices-for-white-asian-and-latino-parents-finds-study-of-nyc-school-preferences/
       Also, as we know, children are less racist than adults:
       [quote]Hailey’s study also queried eighth grade students to see
       whether their racial/ethnic preferences aligned with or diverged
       from their parents’. She found that there were substantial
       differences, particularly in the degree of aversion to the
       majority Black school.
       White students, for instance, preferred the majority white
       school but were half as averse to the majority Black school as
       their parents. White eighth graders also did not distinguish
       between their preferences for the majority Latino, majority
       Black and mixed schools.
       Latino parents and their children preferred the majority Latino
       school, but the parents rated the majority Black school as least
       desirable. Their kids did not distinguish between their
       willingness to attend the majority white, majority Black and
       mixed schools.[/quote]
       "Black" students don't want to put up with constant racist
       bullying?
       [quote]Black parents did not show any strong preference for
       schools by their racial/ethnic composition. Black students, on
       the other hand, expressed less willingness to attend the
       majority white school compared with the majority Black, mixed,
       and majority Latino schools.[/quote]
       The most Westernized "minority":
       [quote]There were no statistically significant differences
       between Asian parents’ and students’ school preferences based on
       their racial/ethnic composition.[/quote]
       See also:
       [quote]Schelling's model of segregation is an agent-based model
       developed by economist Thomas Schelling.[1][2] Schelling's model
       does not include outside factors that place pressure on agents
       to segregate such as Jim Crow laws in the United States, but
       Schelling's work does demonstrate that having people with "mild"
       in-group preference towards their own group could still lead to
       a highly segregated society via de facto segregation.[3][4][5]
       [/quote]
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       Run a simulation of this here:
       [quote]Racial segregation has always been a pernicious social
       problem in the United States. Many factors have contributed to
       segregation including prejudice, zoning laws, housing
       discrimination, and loan discrimination. Although much effort
       has been extended to desegregate our schools, churches, and
       neighborhoods, the US continues to remain segregated by race and
       economic lines.
       In 1971, the American economist Thomas Schelling created an
       agent-based model that suggested inadvertent behavior might also
       contribute to segregation. His model of segregation showed that
       even when individuals (or "agents") didn't mind being surrounded
       or living by agents of a different race or economic background,
       they would still choose to segregate themselves from other
       agents over time! Although the model is quite simple, it
       provides a fascinating look at how individuals might
       self-segregate, even when they have no explicit desire to do so.
       [/quote]
  HTML http://nifty.stanford.edu/2014/mccown-schelling-model-segregation/
       JFK and Hitler recognized the solution to tribalism: statism.
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       Re: True Left breakthrough: non-economic explanations
       By: Zea_mays Date: January 11, 2022, 11:51 am
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       [quote]Study: Trump fans are much angrier about housing
       assistance when they see an image of a black man
       In contrast, Clinton supporters seemed relatively unmoved by
       racial cues.
       All it takes to reduce support for housing assistance among
       Donald Trump supporters is exposure to an image of a black man.
       That’s the takeaway from a new study by researchers Matthew
       Luttig, Christopher Federico, and Howard Lavine, set to be
       published in Research & Politics. In a randomized survey
       experiment, the trio of researchers exposed respondents to
       images of either a white or black man. They found that when
       exposed to the image of a black man, white Trump supporters were
       less likely to back a federal mortgage aid program. Favorability
       toward Trump was a key measure for how strong this effect was.
       The study is just the latest to show that racial attitudes are a
       powerful predictor for support for Trump — and the newest to
       suggest that such attitudes play a major role in Americans’
       views toward public policy. Previous studies have found that
       racial resentment was a much stronger indicator of support for
       Trump than views about the economy. And other research has shown
       that priming people to think about race can make them more
       conservative on a host of issues.
       [...]
       “Support for Donald Trump — not partisanship or ideology —
       uniquely captures distinct reactions to our experimental
       manipulation of race,” they conclude. “That is, support for
       Donald Trump appears to serve as a basis for polarized responses
       to racial cues in its own regard.”
       [...]
       A lot of studies show racial attitudes are a big deal in US
       politics
       The most straightforward research in this area looks at how
       views on race influenced support for Trump.
       One paper, published in January by political scientists Brian
       Schaffner, Matthew MacWilliams, and Tatishe Nteta, found that
       voters’ measures of sexism and racism correlated much more
       closely with support for Trump than economic dissatisfaction
       after controlling for factors like partisanship and political
       ideology.
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       And one telling study, conducted by researchers Brenda Major,
       Alison Blodorn, and Gregory Major Blascovich shortly before the
       election, found that if people who strongly identified as white
       were told that nonwhite groups will outnumber white people in
       2042, they became more likely to support Trump. That suggested
       that there’s a big racial element to support for Trump.
       [...]
       As researchers Sean McElwee and Jason McDaniel explained for
       Vox, racial attitudes are a very strong predictor for beliefs
       about government spending. “For decades, social scientists have
       found that attitudes about race, particularly toward African
       Americans, persistently impact political attitudes and opinions
       toward government services, spending, and welfare,” they wrote.
       McElwee and McDaniel measured racial resentment, economic peril,
       and support for more government spending. They found that higher
       measured racial resentment correlated with a preference for
       decreased government spending and services, while more economic
       insecurity appeared to correlate — but not at a statistically
       significant level — with more support for increased government
       spending.
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       [/quote]
  HTML https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/9/8/16270040/trump-clinton-supporters-racist
       Check out that second image. Higher "economic anxiety" actually
       correlates to lower "racial resentment"! (Although the author
       says the trend of "economic peril" is not statistically
       significant, so, in other words, its trend is technically
       neutral based on their statistical calculations)
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       Re: True Left breakthrough: non-economic explanations
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: January 11, 2022, 11:18 pm
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       [quote]the choice of otherwise similar schools that were
       majority Black, majority white, majority Latino or mixed[/quote]
       [quote]Asian parents, like their white peers, were also less
       willing to attend the majority Latino and Black schools.[/quote]
       But not the majority "white" school! They are Eurocentrists.
       [quote]Latino parents preferred the majority Latino school, and
       most wanted to avoid the majority Black school.[/quote]
       But not the majority "white" school! They are Eurocentrists
       also.
       [quote]Black parents showed no statistically significant
       preference for any of the schools based on racial/ethnic
       composition.[/quote]
       They are behaving as Americans are supposed to behave.
       [quote]white families were 97% less likely to rank majority
       Black schools first on their applications compared with majority
       white schools, and 84% less likely to rank majority Latino
       schools first. Asian families were 90% less likely to rank
       majority Black schools first and 45% less likely to rank
       majority Latino schools first. And Latino families were 67% less
       likely to rank majority Black schools first on their
       applications compared with majority Latino schools.[/quote]
       97% of "white" bloodlines, 90% of "Asian" bloodlines and 67% of
       "Latino" bloodlines in the US must be prohibited from
       reproducing in order for the US to become 100% American.
       [quote]Black students, on the other hand, expressed less
       willingness to attend the majority white school compared with
       the majority Black, mixed, and majority Latino schools.[/quote]
       The parents are concerned with behaving individually as
       Americans should behave, but the students are the ones who have
       a sense of America on the societal scale:
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       On the other hand, the correct response is not to run away from
       "whites", but to get as close to them as possible:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/demographic-blueshift/msg3298/#msg3298
       [quote]It is literally no different than grappling someone who
       is holding a handgun. The worst response is to try to run away.
       You will get shot if you do. Your best chance is to disarm the
       opponent or at least keep the opponent unable to point the gun
       at you while you call for additional help.[/quote]
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       Re: True Left breakthrough: non-economic explanations
       By: guest55 Date: January 11, 2022, 11:48 pm
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       [quote]97% of "white" bloodlines, 90% of "Asian" bloodlines and
       67% of "Latino" bloodlines in the US must be prohibited from
       reproducing in order for the US to become 100% American.[/quote]
       Speaking of which, what's going on in Madagascar these days? The
       reason I bring it up in conjunction with the above point is
       because it made me think of this:
       Madagascar Plan
       [quote]The Madagascar Plan was a proposal by the Nazi German
       government to forcibly relocate the Jewish population of Europe
       to the island of Madagascar. Franz Rademacher, head of the
       Jewish Department of the German Foreign Office, proposed the
       idea in June 1940, shortly before the Fall of France. The
       proposal called for the handing over of control of Madagascar,
       then a French colony, to Germany as part of the eventual peace
       terms.
       The idea of re-settling Polish Jews in Madagascar, then part of
       the French Empire, was investigated by the Polish government in
       1937,[1][2] but the task force sent to evaluate the island's
       potential determined that only 5,000 to 7,000 families could be
       accommodated, or even as few as 500 families by some
       estimates.[a] Because efforts by the Nazis to encourage the
       emigration of the Jewish population of Germany before World War
       II were only partially successful, the idea of deporting Jews to
       Madagascar was revived by the Nazi government in 1940.[/quote]
  HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_Plan
       BONUS:
       Wir lagen vo Madagaskar Kriegsmarine Song
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRR-GdErmN0
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       Re: True Left breakthrough: non-economic explanations
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: January 16, 2022, 8:28 pm
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       While undoubtedly there were men unable to find sexual partners
       in all civilizations, I am quite sure that only Western
       civilization that could come up with calling such men "incels"
       (with the connotation that someone is supposed to be assigned to
       provide them with sex). In all other historical civilizations,
       where polygamy was generally legal, it would have been
       considered entirely normal for some people to have more spouses
       and hence others to have none. It is only the (supremely
       patriarchal) Western civilization with its ban on legal polygamy
       that caused Western men to feel automatically entitled to one
       spouse each, and hence consider failure to acquire this
       sufficient reason to become misogynistic.
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       Re: True Left breakthrough: non-economic explanations
       By: guest55 Date: January 19, 2022, 9:28 pm
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       I'd rather have sex with a cactus than a Westerner at this
       point. Succulents are much nicer to look at anyway. Speaking of
       which, some Western lady has been driving around my neighborhood
       in her Lexus and stealing succulents right out of my neighbors
       front yards....
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       Re: True Left breakthrough: non-economic explanations
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: January 19, 2022, 9:47 pm
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       Re: True Left breakthrough: non-economic explanations
       By: Zea_mays Date: January 25, 2022, 1:18 am
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       [quote]Supporters of Democratic candidates tend to be less
       cognitively rigid and more interpersonally warm than Trump
       supporters, according to new research published in the Journal
       of Social and Political Psychology. This was found to be true
       even for supporters of left-wing Democratic candidates such as
       Bernie Sanders, suggesting that extreme liberals and extreme
       conservatives do not share similar psychological
       dispositions.[/quote]
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       Just reading that shows how intuitive it is. Why would a
       so-called "extreme liberal" Sanders supporter be less empathetic
       than a mainstream liberal? Intuitively, we would expect the
       opposite--the Sanders-supporting liberals are motivated by
       social justice, whereas the mainstream liberals are just
       corporate elitists.
       [quote]“There is an ongoing debate in psychology about whether
       liberals and conservatives fundamentally differ from each other
       (asymmetry), or whether both extreme liberals and conservatives
       are similar to each other on various psychological dimensions
       (symmetry),” explained study author Jake Womick, a postdoctoral
       research associate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel
       Hill.
       “So, for instance, past work has shown cognitive rigidity and
       interpersonal coldness are linked to conservatism. There is a
       question of whether this is unique to conservatives, or if these
       might apply to anyone who endorses extreme ideology, regardless
       of whether they are on the left or right.[/quote]
       ???
       This is why people don't give a shit about what "experts" have
       to say. The left literally says they are motivated by social
       justice, and left-leaning journalists write articles with
       headlines titled "I Don't Know How To Explain To You That You
       Should Care About Other People". Anyone who has spent 3
       milliseconds examining politics would know how obvious the
       left-right empathy divide is.
       [quote]The participants also completed psychological assessments
       of four variables representing cognitive rigidity (openness to
       experience, active open-minded thinking, dogmatism, and
       preference for one right answer) and two variables representing
       interpersonal warmth (compassion and empathy).
       “In general, we primarily found support for the asymmetry
       hypothesis,” Womick told PsyPost. “Supporters of relatively
       extreme Democratic candidates (Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth
       Warren) were similar to supporters of more moderate Democratic
       candidates (Joe Biden and Michael Bloomberg) and were not
       similar to Trump supporters. This trend was particularly strong
       for interpersonal warmth.”[/quote]
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