New research from the "What the FUCK is wrong with these people?" Department. As of today, 44.6 percent of Americans approve of Trump Titled Malevolent vs. Benevolent Dispositions and Conservative Political Ideology in the Trump Era and published last fall in The Journal of Research in Personality, the authors looked at the personality factors that showed up consistently among Trump supporters versus the rest of the American population. “We examined the associations between broad dispositions with political ideology that included views of Trump. Malevolent (+) and benevolent (− ) dispositions predicted this ideology. In aggregate, those favorable to Trump reported greater malevolent and lower benevolent propensities, less empathy, and more enjoyment of others’ suffering.” “Autocrats manifest socially aversive personality, including malevolent traits in the Dark Triad: narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism, and the same has been found for Trump. Similar results have been found for authoritarians’ loyal foot soldiers. … Thus, it is not surprising perhaps that voters with aversive traits tend to prefer aversive political figures.” They point out that there are numerous studies that have been done over the years showing that people with “malevolent” dispositions tend toward conservatism while those with “benevolent” personalities are more likely to be liberals. They define their terms in clear, analytical language: “A malevolent disposition reflects wishing ill will or doing harm to others, while a benevolent disposition involves intending or showing goodwill or kindness to others. … “A malevolent disposition is measured via aversive features of Machiavellian manipulativeness, psychopathic callousness, and narcissistic self-absorption, all negatively associated with empathy and positively associated with antisocial behavior.” “Taken together, we propose that more extreme (malevolent) dispositions are necessary for understanding today’s modern incarnation of conservatism that includes a positive view of Trump.” “Across two different samples, we found a positive association between conservative ideology/positive view of Trump and malevolent disposition. For white men, psychopathic propensities predicted conservative ideology/positive view of Trump. …" What they found was that — among white men — the stronger the constellation of antisocial personality characteristics a person carried, the more likely they were to support Trump and support him with a fervor that reflected the intensity of those qualities. These people really are fundamentally different than you and I. From Epstein’s Island to Obama’s Inbox: Trump’s Dark Diversion Strategy
Academia is quick to criticize both political parties, but censors the simple fact that a quarter of their students still claim the sun revolves around the earth, and they've made the stupid dictionary taboo, so everyone can argue endlessly over anything they want. Take everything academia says with a pound of salt, because they sold us all down the river long ago, and have been spoon feeding everyone whatever the Tea Party doesn't censor. China is coming after them because, when push comes to shove, the only thing they respect is money and the guns, and they censor anyone who criticizes them.
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." Isaac Asimov
Asimov was an academic, who never mentioned that a quarter of his students still claim the sun revolves around the earth.
