Psychological studies that describe why the MAGA fascists are what they are.

[suegeo]

https://therationalleague.substack.com/p/they-warned-us-in-1945-fascism-in

This is a longish read, but worth it. IMHO.

The author(s) point out psychological studies that describe why the MAGA nazis are nazis.
The fascist dumbasses are motivated by fear, loss of perceived status, and grievance. And more.

I will feast on the citations alone for weeks!

MAGA was never about policy.

It was never about taxes or trade or immigration, at least not in the ways its supporters claim. It was about fear. About losing status. About the aching dread that the world no longer bends to you. And when power begins to slip, the mind scrambles to make sense of its new fragility. That’s when people reach not for reason, but for revenge (Kelly, 2020; Golec de Zavala & Keenan, 2021).

This essay isn’t about political disagreements. It’s about something deeper and more primal. It’s about what happens when large groups of people feel their dominance is being eclipsed, by demographic shifts, cultural liberalization, economic globalization, and the slow unraveling of myths that once placed them at the top of the social food chain (Mutz, 2018; Hetherington & Weiler, 2009). When that unraveling begins, facts become irrelevant. The mind will do what it must to protect the self. And it will vote for whomever promises to punish the world for changing.

[dlk]

1. Some people just aren't willing to share

To them, everything is a zero sum game and they don’t realize there is more than enough for everyone.