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In my experience liberals tend to have less coherent philosophies and understanding about how the world works, and more often than conservatives have "nothing m
by xyzzy4747 4y ago
In my experience liberals tend to have less coherent philosophies and understanding about how the world works, and more often than conservatives have "nothing matters" nihilistic beliefs, so I'm not too surprised they have more mental illness and lower happiness. They also more often advocate odd life paths (anti-marriage, anti-kids, pro-drugs, pro-transgenderism, sex-positive, polycules, etc.) that tend to result in more unhappiness.
- yodon 4y ago>In my experience liberals tend to have less coherent philosophies and understanding about how the world works You may want to test whether you're trapped in a confirmation bias bubble, as sounds likely. Each group, conservatives and liberals, tends to feel the other group has "less coherent philosophies and understanding about how the world works" than their own group.
- lodi 4y agoI think GP is pointing out a legitimate asymmetry between the "two sides": there's one* way for a conservative to do things the way they've always been done, and there's an infinite* number of ways for a progressive to change things to do something different, for better or for worse. The Paradox of Choice affects one side much, much more than the other. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice * I'm exaggerating a bit of course.