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John Thomas Jost is an American social psychologist best known for his work on system justification theory and the psychology of political ideology.

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 23d

Obama on Charlie Kirk:

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Vukašin Gligorić, PhD @vukasin.bsky.social · 29d

🌍Do all nations believe they’re superior—or do some feel inferior?

Western social sciences claimed the first. But Fanon & Memmi argued colonization by the West left many in the Global South with colonial mentality—internalized oppression.

🧵Findings from our 45-country study:

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 5

Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.

You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.

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John Jost @johnjost.bsky.social · Aug 26

Extremely interesting. I am in Brazil now and have learned that evangelicals here, led by Silas Malafaia (loosely translated from the Latin as "evildoer," my translation), played a huge role in Bolsonaro's rise to power.

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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · Aug 26

Looks interesting.

Analysis of evangelical sermons.

System justification of inequality

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Dawson Vosburg @dawsonvosburg.bsky.social · Aug 26

New from me in @jssreligion.bsky.social:

Evangelicals justify economic inequality more than the overall population. So what are preachers saying about Bible passages that might cut against inequality? They just insist those passages don't really say inequality is bad.

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“I Thank God We're Rich”: Justifying Economic Inequality in an Evangelical Congregation

Christianity has been the inspiration for a variety of responses to economic inequality in the United States and beyond. However, evangelicalism has been associated in the literature with consistent ....

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 18

There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · Aug 16

“We must all insist that the practices essential to academic freedom and University autonomy — especially, here, the principle that subject matter experts, not legal counsel, determine curriculum and academic programs — cannot be discarded for political convenience.”

GOLDBLATT, LEVY, WILLIAMS: What does it mean for U.Va. to follow the advice of legal counsel?

Our University does not have legal counsel independent from the state government nor, in this case, from the Trump administration.

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Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, John T. Jost, Gordon Hodson , and 2 more Lisa W. Fazio, John T. Jost, Gordon Hodson, Michael W. Kraus, Terri E. Givens

Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · Aug 14

This virtual special collection, The Psychological Science of Anti-Black Racism, an Ongoing Social Problem, highlights a selection of articles published in APS journals over the past decade that explore the enduring problem of anti-Black racism in the U.S.

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Reposted by John T. Jost, Daniel W. Drezner, Cullen S. Hendrix , and 1 more John T. Jost, Daniel W. Drezner, Cullen S. Hendrix, David Lay Williams

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Aug 5

We are losing the last of the generation who understand just how evil actual fascism is, how hard it is to rid the world of authoritarian governments once they’re established, and how hard it is to build a successful alternative. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/what-we-lo...

What We Lost When We Lost the Greatest Generation

It's no coincidence that democracy is backsliding in the US exactly eighty years after the end of World War II.

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John Jost @johnjost.bsky.social · Aug 4

Correlational & experimental evidence from China finds that during the COVID pandemic, system justification was associated with an increased sense of personal control, decreased anxiety and negative affect, and increased positive affect. #palliative
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<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a detrimental effect on people's mental health. Drawing on the palliative function of ideologies, we suggest that people rely on system-justif...

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John Jost @johnjost.bsky.social · Aug 4

Egalitarianism vs. the dark triad?
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse

An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

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John Jost @johnjost.bsky.social · Aug 3

Two experiments find that reminding U.S participants that the U.S. is disproportionately responsible for climate change leads conservatives (but not liberals) to show *reduced* preferences for environmentally friendly consumption
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Climate Privilege: Defensive disbelief in climate change science

Two studies investigated climate privilege--an idea derived from existing research on racial and economic privilege. U.S. citizens consume a larger th…

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Aug 3

"This is considered impolite to point out in many mainstream venues, but to be a Republican in good standing today, you have to believe, or at least go along with, an insane amount of lies."

Firing the BLS Director for reporting monthly jobs data institutionalizes that lying, imposing it on others.

To Live Inside a Lie

Firing the top labor statistics official for doing the normal monthly jobs report is only the last attempt to force everyone else to abandon reality too

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John Jost @johnjost.bsky.social · Jul 28

Also, Pavlos Vasilopoulos and I found that after a terrorist attack in France: fear-->anger-->authoritarianism-->support for far right. I think it makes a lot of sense, psychologically, that fear could be displaced onto others as anger.

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Anger and Authoritarianism Mediate the Effects of Fear on Support for the Far Right—What Vasilopoulos et al. (2019) Really Found

In an important study of popular support for the National Front following the November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks in France, Vasilopoulos, Marcus, Valentino, and Foucault (2019) argue that (1) anger—...

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John Jost @johnjost.bsky.social · Jul 28

Good question, Gordon. Today's "conservatism" in the US is really right-wing extremism, increasingly resembling fascism. They do not seem interested in "conserving" much of anything, institution-wise.