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Why conservative thinkers do what they do

Conservative thinkers' often-hostile approach to difference stems from fear.

The brain structure of conservative thinkers sees threat in what are actually neutral situations.

They also tend not to understand complex ideas, & feeings of confusion often spark anger.

Education can help.

Note that some leftists are conservative thinkers (maybe why left revolutions often turn sour).

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The Journal of Neuropsychiatry Conservative Complex FIGURE 1. Schematic Diagram of the Conservative Complex on the Right, More Active in Conservatives Than in Liberals, and the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC), More Active in Liberals Than Conservatives® Various regions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) contribute to political thought and ideology, including the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC), dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC), and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Laterality is not as established for the PFC contribution, but at least for the DLPFC suggests greater right than left involvement. Psychological studies document differences between highly politically conservative and highly politically liberal participants. Political conservatives compared with liberals favor in-group conformity and out-group exclusion consistent with evolutionary behaviors for pathogen avoidance.*® Beyond differences in personality traits® (see Table 1), the literature emphasizes differences in sensitivity and reactivity to negative stimuli. threat. and diseust between those on the extremes of a political conservative-
CONSERVATISM: THE INTENSE FEAR THAT SOMEWHERE. SOMEHOW. SOMEONE YOU THINK IS INFERIOR IS BEING TREATED AS YOUR EQUAL,

A Neurology of the Conservative-Liberal Dimension of Political Ideology - PubMed

Differences in political ideology are a major source of human disagreement and conflict. There is increasing evidence that neurobiological mechanisms mediate individual differences in political ideology through effects on a conservative-liberal axis.
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Conservatives are so close to understanding what ails society, and yet it still eludes them.

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mixed grass 666 posted the following: | hate that the right wing freaks are too stupid to notice they won the war and they've been winning it for decades. Our economic policy is right wing, our foreign policy is right wing, our courts are right wing, our media is right wing. You won and your life still sucks, so now what?
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