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WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? By Jonathan Haidt

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Desert Scar, Sep 10, 2008.

  1. Jugdish

    Jugdish Member

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    Also, sorry, but I don't know what a "philosophy of collectivism" and a "Republican mindset" are. Honestly, please define.
     
  2. durvasa

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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.
     
  3. Pizza_Da_Hut

    Pizza_Da_Hut I put on pants for this?

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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.
     
  4. JuanValdez

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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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