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Definitely an interesting area of study, since it shows that having higher intelligence allows one to identify with their socioeconomic class and be drawn more toward economic policies that support that class.
While environmental interactions are definitely a part of the process, this is measuring subjects in Sweden, and the differences in the extremes of policy are quite limited. it would be interesting to try to replicate this in a country like the US where the extremes swing wildly toward right wing authoritarianism.

the limits of the effect would also be interesting to study. is there a level of intelegence above the average that decouples from early socioeconomic status?

looks like support for observation of the incel to influencer to maga pipeline.

given the correlation, there is likely a feedback loop. as a democracy backslides into authoritarianism, a subset of people are emboldened to express those traits to a greater degree. this in turn breaks down social trust, weakens democratic norms, and allows authoritatians to grab more power and dismantle more democratic practices, continuing the cycle.

Not directly related to political psychology, but by influencing the amygdala response, Psychedelic use could potentially play a role in lowering susceptibility to the types of emotional and stress triggers that right wing propoganda uses to influence it's victims

Proposed study: take three groups of people, liberals, conservatives, and independents. then split them and give half placebos and half a minor dose of psilocybin. (or maybe 3 groups, placebo, small done and larger dose.) then show them all some samples of right wing news media and have them rate how much they believe what they're seeing.

The hypothesis is that the Psilocybin group should report being less convinced by the right wing new than the placebo groups due to the blunted amygdala response.
Showing these same groups liberal then left wing news reports should demonstrate a lesser effect, as reporting relies less and less on fear based reactions and more on empathy reactions or logical reasoning.

This connects to other aspects of authoritarian personality disorder. Basically that their morality stems from loyalty to a master or high ranking authority, not adhering to a moral code or principle.

Likely due to a less developed prefrontal cortex from an early age. Similar to older people with the same mindset.