Comment on Trump cosplaying
Kalysta@lemm.ee 4 weeks agoBob Altemeyer explains the phenomenon well in The Authoritarians. It’s literally how their brains are wired. The book is free here: theauthoritarians.org
Comment on Trump cosplaying
Kalysta@lemm.ee 4 weeks agoBob Altemeyer explains the phenomenon well in The Authoritarians. It’s literally how their brains are wired. The book is free here: theauthoritarians.org
luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
I’m only a chapter in, but found the section on conventionalism curious. It may explain why they take such issue with being called “weird”: If they value their perception of being “normal”, “weird” isn’t just an insult used against people you don’t like, it’s an attack on a principal personality trait.
Kalysta@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Yup. It attacks one of their core beliefs and makes them so damn mad.