"Conservative political ideology is associated with social dominance orientation (SDO), right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), psychopathic propensities (PPs), and other malevolent dispositions, and reduced empathy."

~ Craig S. Neumann and Darlene A. Ngo

#Trump #authoritarianism #empathy #psychopathy
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656625000704?via%3Dihub

"We examined the links between SDO, RWA, PPs and political ideology, and whether those who view Trump favorably reported higher PPs (or malevolent traits) and reduced empathy or benevolent dispositions."

#Trump #authoritarianism #empathy #psychopathy
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"The report also revealed that while both men and women showed similar patterns, the associations were stronger for men."

~ Adam Lynch

#Trump #authoritarianism #empathy #psychopathy #men #gender #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
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https://www.alternet.org/trump-supporters-maga-empathy/

"Can we stop supporting sociopathic leaders? Isn’t it possible to recognize these qualities as dangerous warning signs of unfitness rather than expressions of strength? What does it say about our body politic that so many Americans are drawn to these types of people? Is this attraction a dangerous affliction found in every society? Should there be psychological tests as one guardrail against their continuing success?"

~ Steven Beschloss

#Trump #RFKJr #psychopathy
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https://www.americaamerica.news/p/can-we-stop-supporting-sociopathic

@adam @wdlindsy According to very recent studies in political neuropsychology, we could probably scan people’s brains and with modern structural/functional scans be able to get about 20-30% correlation to these traits.

But do we really want to?

Because once we start filtering for some treat, that filter can be flipped over quite easily. Especially by strongmen in power. 🤔

@InfoDumpTruck @gimulnautti @adam @wdlindsy this assumes that those traits can't change.

https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_piff_does_money_make_you_mean

Social psychology indicates that the very power structure itself informs behavior, rather than the other way around. Psychopathy can be the result of the structure rather than the cause of a behavior.

If we focus on building systems that eliminate involuntary hierarchy, then we get rid of the structure that elicits authoritarian behavior *and also* minimize the impact of people who might manifest such behaviors naturally.