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Originally Posted by Seeker
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Hilarious. First the writer of the Psychology Today article defines liberalism as
"the genuine concern for the welfare of genetically unrelated others and the willingness to contribute larger proportions of private resources for the welfare of such others. In the modern political and economic context, this willingness usually translates into paying higher proportions of individual incomes in taxes toward the government and its social welfare programs.” Then he notes that “conservatives” have been shown to give more money to charities than “liberals”, that is, conservatives are actually voluntarily paying more for the welfare of others.
The guy hasn’t read the research. If you define “liberals” and “conservatives” the way he does, then he’s ass backwards, it’s the other way around. People who believe in smaller government, lower taxes and less regulation are smarter. I’ll post a link in another thread to a study.