WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? By Jonathan Haidt

Jugdish · Sep 10, 2008

durvasa said:

Ok, you shamed me into reading the article. Very interesting stuff.

But he seems to be associating a philosophy of collectivism with the Republican mindset, which runs counter to their rhetoric. The way he describes their moral concerns in the article, I would expect them to be the big-government supporters.
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Also, sorry, but I don't know what a "philosophy of collectivism" and a "Republican mindset" are. Honestly, please define.

durvasa · Sep 10, 2008

Jugdish said:

Also, sorry, but I don't know what a "philosophy of collectivism" and a "Republican mindset" are. Honestly, please define.
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Collectivism = opposite of individualism, i.e. putting the concerns of the collective ahead of the individual.

Republican mindset = how people who vote Republican tend to think.

Pizza_Da_Hut · Sep 11, 2008

durvasa said:

Collectivism = opposite of individualism, i.e. putting the concerns of the collective ahead of the individual.
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utilitarianism? Killing the baby so the village can sleep sort of thing. I understand the example is quite extreme, but along the same lines.

JuanValdez · Sep 11, 2008

durvasa said:

Ok, you shamed me into reading the article. Very interesting stuff.

But he seems to be associating a philosophy of collectivism with the Republican mindset, which runs counter to their rhetoric. The way he describes their moral concerns in the article, I would expect them to be the big-government supporters.
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Does he use the word "collectivism?" That doesn't seem like a good charactization. It is something more akin to nationalism, I think, which jives well with republicanism.

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