Left-wingers think the government, specifically government programs, and more important than do right-wingers. For example, they might feel that Medicaid, welfare, and minimum wage laws keep our society from swinging into disaster. Those on the right see education, community involvement, hard work, climbing the ladder, and investing in the future as what keeps society from disaster.
Based on this right-wingers practice what they believe and they focus on work, community, and family. These "keys to success" rely less on government programs. They believe that government should take a back seat; government already does too much.
Left-wingers feel an urgent need to keep welfare and other government programs operating. To do this, they must control government. If left-wingers have already voted and lost, they can still go to rallies and shout slogans to keep the spirit alive. It is paramount to the success of society, they believe, to keep the pressure on the government to provide the programs that enable our very existence.
It all starts with what each side sees are the keys to success. Right-wingers think those things reside outside of government while left-wingers think those things reside within government. Ultimately, right-wingers don't think government programs help much (or at least help those they associate with) while left-wingers think government programs help a lot (or at least help those they associate with).
Here's another possible explanation, which involves biased samples.
Assume for simplicity that the country is split 50/50 left and right. But the media and entertainment industries are heavily pro-left and anti-right.
People on the left will hear opinions and views that are, say, 95% left. This results from their choices of media and entertainment and the fact that many of their associates are left-wing and, because they feel safe, left-wing people express their opinions more freely. The people they associate with on the right are more hesitant to express their views. Left-wingers might not even know they have right-wing associates.
People on the right, even though they associate with more people on the right, will still hear a lot of left-leaning views because of the biased media and entertainment industries and the fact that people on the left express their views more openly and vocally.
Consequently, left-wing people might think that 95% of Americans are left-wing while right-wing people think that 60% of Americans are left-wing.
In a company, left-wing managers might see little downside in promoting left-wing views. After all, if only 5% of people are right-wing, how many good employees and customers will they lose if they exclude right-wingers? This gives rise to woke companies. However, right-wing managers perceive a large cost to excluding 60% of their potential employees and 60% of their potential customers, and so they stay safely away from openly expressing political views at work.
These are logical responses to perceptions based on statistically biased sampling.
"Since the right runs the government roughly half the time, why don’t they try a lot harder to defang the 'discrimination laws' that do so much to cause political discrimination?"
Because even trying, even being rumored to be thinking of trying, has immense political costs and few political benefits. Because "discrimination laws," like most laws, have dispersed costs and concentrated benefits.
How about this reason?
Left-wingers think the government, specifically government programs, and more important than do right-wingers. For example, they might feel that Medicaid, welfare, and minimum wage laws keep our society from swinging into disaster. Those on the right see education, community involvement, hard work, climbing the ladder, and investing in the future as what keeps society from disaster.
Based on this right-wingers practice what they believe and they focus on work, community, and family. These "keys to success" rely less on government programs. They believe that government should take a back seat; government already does too much.
Left-wingers feel an urgent need to keep welfare and other government programs operating. To do this, they must control government. If left-wingers have already voted and lost, they can still go to rallies and shout slogans to keep the spirit alive. It is paramount to the success of society, they believe, to keep the pressure on the government to provide the programs that enable our very existence.
It all starts with what each side sees are the keys to success. Right-wingers think those things reside outside of government while left-wingers think those things reside within government. Ultimately, right-wingers don't think government programs help much (or at least help those they associate with) while left-wingers think government programs help a lot (or at least help those they associate with).
Here's another possible explanation, which involves biased samples.
Assume for simplicity that the country is split 50/50 left and right. But the media and entertainment industries are heavily pro-left and anti-right.
People on the left will hear opinions and views that are, say, 95% left. This results from their choices of media and entertainment and the fact that many of their associates are left-wing and, because they feel safe, left-wing people express their opinions more freely. The people they associate with on the right are more hesitant to express their views. Left-wingers might not even know they have right-wing associates.
People on the right, even though they associate with more people on the right, will still hear a lot of left-leaning views because of the biased media and entertainment industries and the fact that people on the left express their views more openly and vocally.
Consequently, left-wing people might think that 95% of Americans are left-wing while right-wing people think that 60% of Americans are left-wing.
In a company, left-wing managers might see little downside in promoting left-wing views. After all, if only 5% of people are right-wing, how many good employees and customers will they lose if they exclude right-wingers? This gives rise to woke companies. However, right-wing managers perceive a large cost to excluding 60% of their potential employees and 60% of their potential customers, and so they stay safely away from openly expressing political views at work.
These are logical responses to perceptions based on statistically biased sampling.
What do you mean by "right-wing?"
https://delphicmirror.substack.com/p/separation-of-church-and-fate?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
"Since the right runs the government roughly half the time, why don’t they try a lot harder to defang the 'discrimination laws' that do so much to cause political discrimination?"
Because even trying, even being rumored to be thinking of trying, has immense political costs and few political benefits. Because "discrimination laws," like most laws, have dispersed costs and concentrated benefits.
Is there a link to the Hanaia piece somewhere in this story?
Doesn't the second link in the article work? The link looks like it goes to Hanania's piece. I didn't click it myself because I don't read Hanania.
I think you are right. It's not really visible on my screen but I do see what you mean. Thanks.