Current Events > Extrinsic Values and Presidential Election

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To beat Trump, we need to know why Americans keep voting for him. Psychologists may have the answer

Many explanations are proposed for the continued rise of Donald Trump, and the steadfastness of his support, even as the outrages and criminal charges pile up. Some of these explanations are powerful. But there is one I have seen mentioned nowhere, which could, I believe, be the most important: Trump is king of the extrinsics.

Some psychologists believe our values tend to cluster around certain poles, described as intrinsic and extrinsic. People with a strong set of intrinsic values are inclined towards empathy, intimacy and self-acceptance. They tend to be open to challenge and change, interested in universal rights and equality, and protective of other people and the living world.

People at the extrinsic end of the spectrum are more attracted to prestige, status, image, fame, power and wealth. They are strongly motivated by the prospect of individual reward and praise. They are more likely to objectify and exploit other people, to behave rudely and aggressively and to dismiss social and environmental impacts. They have little interest in co-operation or community. People with a strong set of extrinsic values are more likely to suffer from frustration, dissatisfaction, stress, anxiety, anger and compulsive behaviour.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/29/donald-trump-americans-us-culture-republican

so they defined the differences between liberals and conservatives basically?

If you read the article, all of it; you can see how poor people who have extrinsic values are victimized.

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We are not born with our values. They are shaped by the cues and responses we receive from other people and the prevailing mores of our society. They are also moulded by the political environment we inhabit. If people live under a cruel and grasping political system, they tend to normalise and internalise it. This, in turn, permits an even crueller and more grasping political system to develop.

Pas5wordFAQ posted...

If you read the article, all of it, you can see how poor people who have extrinsic values are victimized.

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We are not born with our values. They are shaped by the cues and responses we receive from other people and the prevailing mores of our society. They are also moulded by the political environment we inhabit. If people live under a cruel and grasping political system, they tend to normalise and internalise it. This, in turn, permits an even crueller and more grasping political system to develop.

Ever since the fall of the absolute monarchies, this is how political conservatism has to function. It can't get votes on its own merits (which are nonexistent), so the game is always to blame the other side for peoples' misery (which is almost always a direct result of conservative rule).

Pas5wordFAQ posted...

Psychologists may have the answer

A lot of Americans are ignorant or uneducated or both. Easy to manipulate.