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That was not convincing. The article only touches two unorthodox beliefs: that we should defund the police (really a preference, not a belief) and that success
by Jeff_Brown 3y ago
That was not convincing.
The article only touches two unorthodox beliefs: that we should defund the police (really a preference, not a belief) and that success is largely attributable to luck.
But the elites are more likely to believe conventional wisdom on climate change, on whether vaccines work, on whether the Holocaust happened, on whether digesting genetically modified organisms changes the consumer's DNA, any number of things. Heterodox beliefs in these areas do seem consistent with the hypothesis of in-group signaling, but not with signaling status.
Wanting to defund the police is likely correlated with not needing the police -- but that's likely simple ignorance, not status signaling.
Why the elites would be more likely to say luck is important is not obvious to me, but a single example does not justify the sweeping generalization that this article makes.
- _cenw 3y ago> Wanting to defund the police is likely correlated with not needing the police -- but that's likely simple ignorance, not signaling. Or with police being a net-negative to your life. Like living in a disproportionately policed area. Or having a disproportionately policed skin color. The poll is pretty clear, defund the police doesn't mean anarchy, it means replacing it. The how's a bit up in the air, but it's more about how irredeemable the current system seems to someone.
- razakel 3y agoThe police are there for when limited violence needs to be meted out to prevent greater harm. They are not counsellors, social workers, or doctors. More funding needs to go to those professionals instead of giving the police military-grade weapons.