Conservatives want to signal strength, while liberals want to signal weakness. The problem is that signaling strength *actually makes you happier* and signaling weakness *actually makes you more anxious/depressed*. So it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Sort of a "fake it till you make it" effect.
It kinda shocks me how much time and energy we've all wasted trying to convince each other of mostly unimportant political ideas.
What political perspective you hold usually won't affect the world, apart from ruining family dinner, and it doesn't really change your behaviour or happiness either. Most of the time it's all hardware.
Conservatives want to signal strength, while liberals want to signal weakness. The problem is that signaling strength *actually makes you happier* and signaling weakness *actually makes you more anxious/depressed*. So it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Sort of a "fake it till you make it" effect.
Aren’t they both just signaling status but liberals are enmeshed in a cluster B hierarchy whereas conservatives are just doing regular hierarchy.
A lot of cluster C in there too, I think, but yeah.
Though it is interesting the right values hierarchy but the left has been so successful at institutional capture then.
It kinda shocks me how much time and energy we've all wasted trying to convince each other of mostly unimportant political ideas.
What political perspective you hold usually won't affect the world, apart from ruining family dinner, and it doesn't really change your behaviour or happiness either. Most of the time it's all hardware.
Easy to say until they castrate your kid.
Poor happas are just unhappy no matter what.