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Wait. What does sushi mean?

patio11 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi A particular style of Japanese or Japanese-inspired food which has become famous in America. In America, sushi consumption is a ridiculously effective proxy for political liberalism. A landslide victory in the presidential election in the United States splits the country 53:47. The split among people answering "yes" to "Have you eaten sushi in the last 14 days?" is closer to 85-15. Neither of the major political parties in the United States has any ideological commitment for or against sushi, but the coincidence that people in one tribe eat it and the ones in the other do not makes it a good example of political tribalism. Incidentally, since politics is a signaling mechanism, I have had people (on both sides of the aisle) profess to be surprised at my political leanings due to the perceived mismatch between them and my non-political preferences. (I love sushi.)
- alanh 16y ago
  I always assumed it's because liking sushi as a typical European-American means going outside your traditional comfort zone and recognizing othe ethnicities may have something different you can nevertheless agree with. This is totally the opposite of two Republican trends: conservatism (rejection of change bey default) and racism (I said trend, and it's true. I'm an Arizonan and McCain ads run: "Keep those murderous Mexicans out! I'm McCain.")
  - patio11 16y ago
    See, that is tribalism talking: they're evil, fish are good, of course they won't like fish.
    - alanh 16y ago
      Oh yeah, I also assume GOP members hate chocolate and puppies. (I don't think I said what you think I said.)
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- lionheart 16y ago
  Wow. That's pretty interesting actually. Doesn't work 100% though. My girlfriend is completely obsessed with sushi, but she's hard-core Republican. However, she is socially liberal. So who knows. I'm pretty apolitical as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi A particular style of Japanese or Japanese-inspired food which has become famous in America. In America, sushi consumption is a ridiculously effective proxy for political liberalism. A landslide victory in the presidential election in the United States splits the country 53:47. The split among people answering "yes" to "Have you eaten sushi in the last 14 days?" is closer to 85-15. Neither of the major political parties in the United States has any ideological commitment for or against sushi, but the coincidence that people in one tribe eat it and the ones in the other do not makes it a good example of political tribalism. Incidentally, since politics is a signaling mechanism, I have had people (on both sides of the aisle) profess to be surprised at my political leanings due to the perceived mismatch between them and my non-political preferences. (I love sushi.)

alanh 16y ago
I always assumed it's because liking sushi as a typical European-American means going outside your traditional comfort zone and recognizing othe ethnicities may have something different you can nevertheless agree with. This is totally the opposite of two Republican trends: conservatism (rejection of change bey default) and racism (I said trend, and it's true. I'm an Arizonan and McCain ads run: "Keep those murderous Mexicans out! I'm McCain.")
- patio11 16y ago
  See, that is tribalism talking: they're evil, fish are good, of course they won't like fish.
  - alanh 16y ago
    Oh yeah, I also assume GOP members hate chocolate and puppies. (I don't think I said what you think I said.)
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lionheart 16y ago
Wow. That's pretty interesting actually. Doesn't work 100% though. My girlfriend is completely obsessed with sushi, but she's hard-core Republican. However, she is socially liberal. So who knows. I'm pretty apolitical as well.