Comments on: The psychology of leftism http://www.amerika.org/politics/the-psychology-of-leftism/ New Right, Conservationist, Traditionalist, Deep Ecology and Conservative Thought: Conservation Conservatism (Crunchy Paleoconservatism) Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:22:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Destroy White Nationalism | Amerika: New Right, Conservationist, Traditionalist, Deep Ecology and Conservative Thought http://www.amerika.org/politics/the-psychology-of-leftism/comment-page-1/#comment-5523 Destroy White Nationalism | Amerika: New Right, Conservationist, Traditionalist, Deep Ecology and Conservative Thought Fri, 27 May 2011 03:31:54 +0000 http://www.amerika.org/?p=3994#comment-5523 [...] Collaborative societies tend to therefore operate on the principle of self-interest first, as a means of defining the individual and seeing what he or she is capable of, and then secondarily, helping others. This is to avoid the reversed justification where someone who fails at other things makes themselves a Christ-like figure who dedicates their life to fighting poverty, misery or some other unsurmountable goal… it’s cognitive dissonance: they could not succeed, so found a surrogate goal, and are using it to justify their success as an individual. – “The Psychology of Leftism” [...] [...] Collaborative societies tend to therefore operate on the principle of self-interest first, as a means of defining the individual and seeing what he or she is capable of, and then secondarily, helping others. This is to avoid the reversed justification where someone who fails at other things makes themselves a Christ-like figure who dedicates their life to fighting poverty, misery or some other unsurmountable goal… it’s cognitive dissonance: they could not succeed, so found a surrogate goal, and are using it to justify their success as an individual. – “The Psychology of Leftism” [...]

]]> By: Kent S http://www.amerika.org/politics/the-psychology-of-leftism/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Kent S Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:44:07 +0000 http://www.amerika.org/?p=3994#comment-1173 Great piece! You pose the classic Chicken or Egg with video games. What is interesting is that if these hard-core video game players put the SAME amount of effort into more productive things, perhaps they WOULD be successful. Thanks for a good read! Great piece! You pose the classic Chicken or Egg with video games. What is interesting is that if these hard-core video game players put the SAME amount of effort into more productive things, perhaps they WOULD be successful.

Thanks for a good read!

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