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What are the psychological characteristics of people holding far-right beliefs?

This pseudopsychology is quite laughable. It's clearly just a politically biased person spouting non-sense.

Right wingers tend to be high in industriousness and low in openness, according to the Big Five of psychology. They value tradition and stability, which means they don't like radical changes. Change must be gradual. They tend to be hard working and focused on building structures (social, community) that are enduring.
 
^^And there goes reality.
 
This pseudopsychology is quite laughable. It's clearly just a politically biased person spouting non-sense.

Right wingers tend to be high in industriousness and low in openness, according to the Big Five of psychology. They value tradition and stability, which means they don't like radical changes. Change must be gradual. They tend to be hard working and focused on building structures (social, community) that are enduring.
Perhaps you are describing what you want or believe the average right winger believes. This thread is about the far right and virtually every attribute mentioned is dead on accurate as to the far right.

BTW- the current "right" does not want change, gradual or otherwise. Unless by change, you mean regression. Then yes, they are for radical change.
 
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Perhaps you are describing what you want or believe the average right winger believes. This thread is about the far right and virtually every attribute mentioned is dead on accurate as to the far right.

BTW- the current "right" does not want change, gradual or otherwise. Unless by change, you mean regression. Then yes, they are for radical change.

No, it's not what I want to believe, it's what all of the psychology research on political leans shows.

It's not my opinion, it's a fact.

The left wing is higher in openness and agreeability. The ring wing is high in industriousness and disagreeability.

If you want to talk about extremists and fanatics, then they come from all walks of life and it would look less biased if you simply created a thread to talk about extremism in general. It has its own unique kind of psychology that is applicable to any side of the political spectrum where it is occurring. The specific beliefs that extremists exhibit are incidental to the psychology, meaning that it is not the specific beliefs themselves that create extremism but the way the person develops their own self-reinforcing psychology through repeated patterns and selective thinking.

That's not unique to the far right. Both the far right and the far left are prone to it.
 
This pseudopsychology is quite laughable. It's clearly just a politically biased person spouting non-sense.

Right wingers tend to be high in industriousness and low in openness, according to the Big Five of psychology. They value tradition and stability, which means they don't like radical changes. Change must be gradual. They tend to be hard working and focused on building structures (social, community) that are enduring.
Theres a difference between "right" and "far right"
 

What are the psychological characteristics of people holding far-right beliefs?​



(no kidding)

https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english...tics-of-people-holding-far-right-beliefs.html

Snippets:



(SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT)



(EXPLAINS TRUMPISM)



(This one I tend to believe is not necessarily an exclusive far right phenomenon, we ALL tend to gravitate towards groups of "like-minded people.") Don't we?
Im on the right. None of that applies to me or anyone I know. The farther right you go in American politics, the smaller the government and the greater the individual. Whoever put this together for you doesnt know wtf they are talking about.
 
What are the psychological characteristics of people holding far-right beliefs?

THIS:

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Whoever put this together for you
Wasn't for me, was for anyone interested in learning about the human condition, particularly learning about the motivations of the far right. Though it was me who found this gem. I kinda had a sneaking suspicion too, when I read it, and decided to post it, that "some" folks on here would see themselves reflected and react accordingly. Glad I wasn't mistaken.
 
Socialism or communism only works with a boost from capitalism.
See China for a good example.
Correct. Socialism doesnt produce wealth it redistributes it. Without a few capitalists around, it has nothing to loot.
 
Wasn't for me, was for anyone interested in learning about the human condition, particularly learning about the motivations of the far right. Though it was me who found this gem. I kinda had a sneaking suspicion too, when I read it, and decided to post it, that "some" folks on here would see themselves reflected and react accordingly. Glad I wasn't mistaken.
It doesnt reflect me even in the slightest though. So much for your dopey theory.
 
I addressed both if you read more carefully, especially my second post.
Right and most of the comments on the first page were about the increased neuroticism and need for control as shown by those elements.
 
Right and most of the comments on the first page were about the increased neuroticism and need for control as shown by those elements.

I know, but it was veering into talking about the right wing in general which is why I inserted general info about right wing psychology.

This is getting too meta, when it was only one page ago that this happened. Let's just move on.
 
I know, but it was veering into talking about the right wing in general which is why I inserted general info about right wing psychology.

This is getting too meta, when it was only one page ago that this happened. Let's just move on.
Right now the far right is a big threat to the country, so it makes sense there is concern.
 

What are the psychological characteristics of people holding far-right beliefs?​



(no kidding)

https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english...tics-of-people-holding-far-right-beliefs.html

Snippets:



(SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT)



(EXPLAINS TRUMPISM)



(This one I tend to believe is not necessarily an exclusive far right phenomenon, we ALL tend to gravitate towards groups of "like-minded people.") Don't we?
I would imagine far right and far left extremists shape similar psychological characteristics though that is not my expertise
 
Right now the far right is a big threat to the country, so it makes sense there is concern.

I would say that both the far right and the far left are a concern, but the left more so because of its involvement in higher institutions. (I am not a right winger.)

On the whole, I would say extremism in general is a big problem. Here in Canada it's also a problem.
 
I would say that both the far right and the far left are a concern, but the left more so because of its involvement in higher institutions. (I am not a right winger.)

On the whole, I would say extremism in general is a big problem. Here in Canada it's also a problem.
Higher institutions means little, as I see it.
 

What are the psychological characteristics of people holding far-right beliefs?​



(no kidding)

https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english...tics-of-people-holding-far-right-beliefs.html

Snippets:



(SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT)



(EXPLAINS TRUMPISM)



(This one I tend to believe is not necessarily an exclusive far right phenomenon, we ALL tend to gravitate towards groups of "like-minded people.") Don't we?
Hmm. Social soft science is riddled with nonsense. And it's vastly dominated with liberals. Gee I wonder why we get stuff life this from them.
 
It's indicative in many grown southern men, even in their 40s and 50s, still calling their fathers "daddy". This is something I've seen having relatives in the south. There is an issue there, that predisposes them to be drawn to a cult/family-like atmosphere with an older male leader.
I know there has been rural unrest in places like Michigan and some other "northern" states, but I don't think that is the same issue. That may be more concerning, and less revealing, because it may lack that southern "daddy" revering element. Extremists in both, though, seem to be somewhat more driven by hate, not just disagreement.
Whatdo they call them up north?
 
The issue is violent activity, there is little of that among college professors. The worst you’re going to get there is some identity stuff, which while it’s something I see as somewhat silly (I subscribe to the old notion of just treating people with respect unless they prove otherwise), it’s ultimately harmless.
 
Hmm. Social soft science is riddled with nonsense. And it's vastly dominated with liberals. Gee I wonder why we get stuff life this from them.
I know I know, the truth hurts.
 
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