Why the Right Is Easy to Fool
Why the Right Cannot Tell the Difference Between Facts and Lies
There is a reason conservatives believe in things that are not true. It is not just stubbornness. It is not just Fox News. There is a psychological structure underneath it that explains everything. And once you see it you cannot unsee it.
In 2024, three researchers at the University of Limerick published a study in the British Journal of Social Psychology. Adrian Lüders, Dino Carpentras, and Michael Quayle mapped out the actual beliefs of Republicans and Democrats across 40 political topics using a technique called Response Item…
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