"You can't choose your skin color or where you were born, but you can choose your political beliefs." You sound really confident about that, would you care to

"You can't choose your skin color or where you were born, but you can choose your political beliefs." You sound really confident about that, would you care to cite your research? My ignorant assumption would be that people's temperaments would segregate them into political views naturally. I know Jonathan Haidt has done a lot of research into this area, and he has some interesting ideas - "All political movements base appeals on different settings of the foundations—and the culture wars arise from what they choose to emphasize. Liberals jack up care, followed by fairness and liberty. They rarely value loyalty and authority. Conservatives dial up all six."[http://www.thelavinagency.com/blog-jonathan-haidt-difference-between-liberals-and-conservatives.html http://www.thelavinagency.com/blog-jonathan-haidt-difference...]