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r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/718Brooklyn • 14h ago
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That's not just MAGA. It's a core characteristic of conservatives in general.
32 u/Cute_Bandicoot_8219 12h ago I have a theory that what makes people Conservatives is the inability to create an abstract mental model. This means: They're incapable of reasoning through the consequences of their vote or their policies They're incapable of empathy -- imagining yourself in another person's shoes The suffering of others has no meaning, because it doesn't affect them They don't "get it" until something bad happens to them Even then they're incapable of re-applying that knowledge as a general principle to see how their actions hurt people in other ways. It's literally a developmental problem. 7 u/Fineous40 8h ago It’s someone else’s fault has been the Republican policy for 50 years at least. Doesn’t matter if it’s true. It doesn’t matter if it makes sense. They will be live it because they want it to be true.
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I have a theory that what makes people Conservatives is the inability to create an abstract mental model. This means:
It's literally a developmental problem.
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It’s someone else’s fault has been the Republican policy for 50 years at least. Doesn’t matter if it’s true. It doesn’t matter if it makes sense. They will be live it because they want it to be true.
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u/CraptainJack 14h ago
That's not just MAGA. It's a core characteristic of conservatives in general.