Pure obfuscation. You know and he knows what I was asking.
Carl Sandburg
here is the context, the why…
Milan Obaidi People with far right beliefs are characterized by a simplified mindset and tendency to search for order and structure. They have a strong desire for group-based dominance and hierarchy, and often see social groups arranged along a superiority-inferiority dimension. They...
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Role of social psychological factors
In addition to individual level variables, scholars of extremism have also emphasized
the role of social psychological factors, such identity and belonging processes.
[18] One theoretical framework that has explored the psychological motivations behind extremism is significance quest theory (SQT).
[19] According to this theory, extreme beliefs and actions reflect means of obtaining or restoring an individual’s experience of personal significance and identity.
[20] Indeed, the experience of significant loss (e.g., experiences of humiliation, rejection, perceived relative deprivation, and injustice) predicts right-wing extreme attitudes and intentions.
Recent work has demonstrated that quest for significance can indeed lead to extremism
[21]and motivate people to self-sacrifice for a political cause.
[22] For instance, using a sample of Dutch respondents, scholars[23] demonstrated that psychological distress (e.g., perceived deprivation) stimulates adherence to far right ideology, which in turn predicts support for right-wing extremist violence and violent intentions.[24] Moreover, a study using a sample of white Americans with Republican affiliation[25] showed that perceived psychological distress predicted stronger willingness to violently persecute political out-groups. Effects on these extremist tendencies were largely mediated by people’s increased closeness with their political leader.
[26]In other words, the more psychological distress people experience, the more they identified with their political leader, which in turn made them more willing to
use violence against those identified as threats by this leader.
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In short, this shit is a concern and is being studied the world over.
You, m.Knox and most of your nutbag brethren here are not unique. You all fit into a pretty tight profile.
BTW, I could list dozens of studies from across academia and the entire political spectrum. They all land in a fairly tight circle.