“Liberals are risk prone, are open to new views and ways, value equality and out-group relations, and exhibit high independence and self-reliance.”
What total BS.
Lefties look to government to solve their problems.
Righties look to themselves and family.
The worst part of this is the people who wrote this trash most likely got a government grant to do it.
Ditto! You beat me to it.
Underclass socialists want socialism so they will be able to loot the middle class
Affluent socialists want socialism because they are arrogant enough to think they will be part of the planning class
The "educated" university segment is attracted to big-government because they are articulate, and a big-government, socialist environment is where very articulate people can attain power
When my father was in the house there was abuse.
When my father was gone I was surrounded by male-bashers.
I was discouraged from trying so I would avoid failing.
I got the hell out at the age of 18. I was a liberal but slowly changed as I was more and more exposed to reality. What really pushed me over the edge to become a conservative was two things:
1- When Clinton was having affairs, Gen Ryan was nominated for Chief of Staff, AF. It was revealed that, while legally separated (pending divorce) he had a relationship with a civilian woman outside his chain of command. Clinton made no effort to defend him.
2- During the 2004 election I was serving overseas. The DNC released a pamphlet explaining how to reject absentee ballots from overseas since, “most of the overseas votes will be military service members who tend to vote republican.” The pamphlet was faxed to the GOP headquarters. Later the dems kept claiming republicans were “disenfranchising” poor liberal voters.
So yeah, a screwed up childhood can make you an idiot. You have make the choice to leave the environment and stop being an idiot.