Can genes make us liberal or conservative?

phys.org ^ | August 4, 2015 | Staff

[high info voter]

"Can genes make us liberal or conservative? "

Depends on who's wearing them!

[ZOOKER]

Another reason to abort.

[JJ_Folderol]

Actually, if it’s really a dopamine pathway issue, then liberalism may be curable with the proper medication.

[Red Badger]

And vice versa?.......................

[freedomfiter2]

Of course. If you are conceived with the stupid gene you’ll be a liberal.

[LambSlave]

Yes, if you are genetically predisposed to have poor impulse control and low intelligence you will not be a conservative.

[redgolum]

r vs K selection

One maximizes scarce resources to a few individuals, the other maximizes consumption and reproduction to cover an abundance of resources.

[Paine in the Neck]

"Women, it was also shown, tended to be more conservative in general."

Hmmm...

[tbw2]

Per a couple of TED talks, there are a few psychological differences:
* liberals are hard to disgust, which may be why the “purity” channel (sexual purity type of morality) doesn’t matter to them
* conservatives tend to have greater fear of the unknown and risks, while liberals have a far greater drive for novelty, hence their urge to shake up society without fear of consequences while conservatives value preserving what works
* liberals’ lower in group loyalty leads to despising nationalism and seeking to undermine dominant group symbols; combined with the high novelty, they want immigration to break up the bland majority to add diversity and (in their opinion) make things more interesting

[Don Corleone]

Savage was right,”Liberalisim IS a mental disorder”

[Seruzawa]

The end result of these eugenics style theories will always be death camps.

[Stepan12]

Actually, if it’s really a dopamine pathway issue, then liberalism may be curable with the proper medication.

Chlopromaizine? Haliperdol anyone?

[Savage Beast]

Of course. If you get the genes for stupidity, you’re likely to end up a “Liberal.” If you’re lucky enough to get the genes for intelligence, you’ll be conservative, honest, and realistic, and you’ll probably wind up posting on Free Republic.

[ShadowAce]

r vs K selection

[GingisK]

Depends on who's wearing them!

Ans how tight they are.

[Stepan12]

Savage was right,”Liberalisim IS a mental disorder”

This PC stuff is really just doubling down in Marxism; i.e., applying Marxism not just to economic classes, but race, sex, sexual perversions; etc. Such a mental operation would make anyone mad. Look at Bruce Willis and Rachel Dolezal (sp). There is a youtube were one of these genital self mutilators tries to hurt Ben Shapiro for calling him/it, sir: Ben Shapiro Comments on Transgender HLN Fiasco.

[Red Badger]

Liberals are made. Conservatives are born....................

[IYAS9YAS]

liberals’ lower in group loyalty leads to despising nationalism and seeking to undermine dominant group symbols; combined with the high novelty, they want immigration to break up the bland majority to add diversity and (in their opinion) make things more interesting

Doesn't make sense given national socialism. I think the latter part of the argument is correct, regarding the novelty, but the loyalty to the group mattered greatly to Communists and Nazis. Many of the communists/world socialists in Nazi Germany converted to National Socialism quite easily. Maybe it was also due to the hope that they would be the new masters, not the peons. Even though that would have never worked out for the majority of them.

[right way right]

“What they found was a robust link between the presence (or not) of the variant and a split between liberals inclined to decry inequality, on the one hand, and die-hard conservative wary of change, on the other.”

I reject the whole premise of the hypothysis.