> The Trump era likely deepened psychology’s conventional wisdom that authoritarians are almost always conservatives; the insurrection at the Capitol earlier th

> The Trump era likely deepened psychology’s conventional wisdom that authoritarians are almost always conservatives; the insurrection at the Capitol earlier this year showed the urgency of understanding the phenomenon. I suggest people to watch the recently released footage from inside the Capitol. You could call them idiots, fools, etc, but I don't think you can call them insurrectionists. They just bumbled in and took selfies for the most part. The FBI have been investigating these people for months, and the best they found for some form of plot was a Lego model. It's exactly this kind of inflammatory talk about your fellow Countrymen that is causing greater division. > In the U.S., though, Costello hypothesizes that right-wing authoritarians outnumber left-wing ones by roughly three to one. In the US, the left-wing (Democrat voters) clearly dominate the cities and Universities, and thereby have a much higher probability of being more educated. I would suggest people to consider that on average, the right-wing is less able to elegantly express themselves. For example, when you hear "immigrants are bad", when you nail them down, what they actually mean is "current immigration is unsustainable and affects my local community". There is currently this really dangerous assumption of assuming the political opposition are fundamentally evil, rather than people who want to see the betterment of their Country, but through different means. P.S. If you're going to downvote, at least do me the courtesy to explain why.