• Capitalist Tears
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    1211 months ago

    This makes good sense, I never made the connection between how the importance of a social characteristic can lead to confirmation bias. Good read!

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      1411 months ago

      It’s a very interesting finding. Turns out that liberalism doesn’t improve either physical or mental individual conditions. So Socialism isn’t a trade off of benefits just a pure upgrade. Liberals have no legs to stand on at this point.

      • Capitalist Tears
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        1111 months ago

        Seems so, I wonder what fraction of people from individualistic societies are aware this at least on a subconscious level. It’s had for me to have that perspective.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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          1111 months ago

          Good question, could be that liberals are so prickly when people question their ideology precisely because they don’t believe in it deep down.

          • @redtea
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            1311 months ago

            This, but they’ve committed so much to the narrative of ‘there are no alternatives’ they think they have nowhere else to turn. Must be horrible to have liberalism as one’s last refuge while knowing that it does not match reality and cannot explain one’s world.