- 09 Nov 2017 15:31
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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics ... servatives
It's always nice to read when someone stumbles on something you thought was patently obvious for years.
Obviously this focuses on US politics but is also something that applies outside of it and to ideologies beyond liberalism. If you want to change someone's mind, infiltrate their social group.
One consistent finding in Kinder and Kalmoe’s research is that party identification bests ideological identification. Most people are a Republican or a Democrat before they are a conservative or a liberal. And most people will stick with their party long after they’ve abandoned their ideology.
It's always nice to read when someone stumbles on something you thought was patently obvious for years.
Obviously this focuses on US politics but is also something that applies outside of it and to ideologies beyond liberalism. If you want to change someone's mind, infiltrate their social group.
My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders.