First Study finds causal link between societal divisions and authoritarianism

[WillJ8787]

Source:
https://www.psypost.org/2022/02/stu...n-and-support-for-authoritarian-leaders-62479

I find this study to be on the mark in explaining the ongoing divisiveness in Politics and society with strong, charismatic, populist authoritarian leaders. Right on the mark!

 

[GothTalk]

Oh look... a totalitarian leftist trying to paint the pro-civil and individual liberty crowd as authoritarians.... same as it ever was.

Tell us more how free speech and private property are fascist.

 

[pecksniff]

Crimston and her colleagues found that heightened moral polarization predicted increased support for strong leaders via perceived anomie in society. In other words, those who believed the moral values of the two parties were vastly different from each other were more likely to agree with statements such as “Politicians don’t care about the problems of the average person” and “People do not know who they can trust and rely on,” which in turn was associated with support for leaders who are “willing to break the rules” and “challenge the elites and wealthy corporations.”

“The study found that if people believed there was a breakdown in societal fabric, they were more likely to elect an authoritarian figure to restore order, such as Donald Trump or Pauline Hanson,” Crimston said in a news release. “On the other hand, if there is a feeling of lack of leadership in society, voters may be drawn to a progressive leader to unify and lead the country in a new direction, such as Bernie Sanders or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.”

I suspect the only remedy to this "heightened moral polarization" is time -- i.e., the persons of old moral views dying out and not being replaced in commensurate numbers by the young, whose own generations are not similarly divided in their moral views.

Which is, in fact, happening.

 

[WillJ8787]

I suspect the only remedy to this "heightened moral polarization" is time -- i.e., the persons of old moral views dying out and not being replaced in commensurate numbers by the young, whose own generations are not similarly divided in their moral views.

Which is, in fact, happening.

It is the very last gasps of old, white, authoritarian and patriarchal ways.