Psychologists identify "collective anti-mattering" as a key driver of modern political grievances
New research shows that feeling your social group is ignored by society triggers deep anger and anxiety. These emotions can lead to political mobilization, a desire for strong leaders, and support for punitive policies.
Bill Gates CLOWNS Ezra Klein For Saying AI Can Self Regulate
Omfg Sagaar another demonstration of total unthinking. His "fully automated communism" take is sorta... Missing the entire communism part if it's still part of a system that is feeding us short form dopamine addicting slop. Jfc man. Do we need to point to China again? His thinking just... Stops sometimes. His voting record makes that clear. Like what low bar of humanity does he have in his arrogant mind?
First Draft: 📉 Top Republicans Privately Admit Their Hasan Piker Attacks Are a Dud
Swin’s conversations with Trumpworld insiders reveal alarm at just how badly the plan to make the leftist streamer the main midterms character is misfiring. Also, Pete Hegseth beclowns himself again.
Disgust sensitivity predicts conservative politics in some studies and not others — a survey of 632 Americans points to a moderator nobody had tested: how closely people track their own heartbeat, breathing, and gut
Being easily disgusted is often linked to conservative political views, but a new study reveals a surprising catch. This connection is actually strongest among individuals who are least aware of their own internal bodily sensations.
Disgust is most strongly linked to conservative political views among people with lower bodily awareness, new psychology research finds, suggesting that sensitivity to internal physical sensations may shape how emotions relate to ideology.
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The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
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