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#TateBrothers #LucasBean #Psychology
https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/why-andrew-tate-is-obsessed-with
Andrew Tate just got arrested in Miami on 38 charges. When they dragged him out, he was wearing a purple silk blouse, shiny capri pants, and tiny loafers that looked like they came from the women’s section. People found what looked like the same outfit in a UK supermarket’s womenswear department for 29 pounds.
This is the man who built a billion dollar brand telling young men what real masculinity looks like.
And there is a psychological reason why this is not surprising at all.
The Study
In 1996, psychologist Henry Adams at the University of Georgia designed an experiment that most people would rather not think about. He gathered a group of men who all identified as heterosexual. He measured their scores on a standardized homophobia scale. Then he put them in a lab and measured their physical arousal while they watched different types of adult content.
The results were devastating for every man who has ever made homophobia part of his personality.
Over half of the men who scored highest on the homophobia scale showed significant physical arousal to male homosexual content. Less than a quarter of the non-homophobic men showed the same response. The homophobic men were not just slightly more responsive. They were dramatically more responsive. And most of them were either unaware of their arousal or unwilling to admit it.
Adams published the study in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. It remains one of the most cited studies on the psychology of homophobia ever conducted.
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#TateBrothers #LucasBean #Psychology
https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/why-andrew-tate-is-obsessed-with
Andrew Tate just got arrested in Miami on 38 charges. When they dragged him out, he was wearing a purple silk blouse, shiny capri pants, and tiny loafers that looked like they came from the women’s section. People found what looked like the same outfit in a UK supermarket’s womenswear department for 29 pounds.
This is the man who built a billion dollar brand telling young men what real masculinity looks like.
And there is a psychological reason why this is not surprising at all.
The Study
In 1996, psychologist Henry Adams at the University of Georgia designed an experiment that most people would rather not think about. He gathered a group of men who all identified as heterosexual. He measured their scores on a standardized homophobia scale. Then he put them in a lab and measured their physical arousal while they watched different types of adult content.
The results were devastating for every man who has ever made homophobia part of his personality.
Over half of the men who scored highest on the homophobia scale showed significant physical arousal to male homosexual content. Less than a quarter of the non-homophobic men showed the same response. The homophobic men were not just slightly more responsive. They were dramatically more responsive. And most of them were either unaware of their arousal or unwilling to admit it.
Adams published the study in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. It remains one of the most cited studies on the psychology of homophobia ever conducted.
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#DeathOfGOP #TFG #Republicans #LucasBean
I only read his writing, I get nore out of it than seeing him read it to me.
Butthese are backed by experts and theymake sense.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lucasbean/p/the-republican-party-is-deadil
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#DeathOfGOP #TFG #Republicans #LucasBean
I only read his writing, I get nore out of it than seeing him read it to me.
Butthese are backed by experts and theymake sense.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lucasbean/p/the-republican-party-is-deadil
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What Happens When Conservatives Watch Real News #psychology #politics #lucasbean #news
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What Happens When Conservatives Watch Real News #psychology #politics #lucasbean #news
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#Maga #CultsYouKnow #Politics #TFG
#LucasBeanAnd they don't even know it.
https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/maga-cult-is-a-mental-illness
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#Maga #CultsYouKnow #Politics #TFG
#LucasBeanAnd they don't even know it.
https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/maga-cult-is-a-mental-illness
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#TFG #Envy #MaliciousEnvy #PresidentObama #LivingRentFree
#LucasBeanWhy Trump Can't Keep Obama's Name Out Of His Mouth
....In 2009, researcher Niels van de Ven at Tilburg University published a landmark study on envy. His finding was that envy is not one emotion. It is two completely different ones that just happen to share a name.
The first is benign envy. This is the envy that makes you better. When you feel benign envy toward someone, you are motivated to work harder, improve yourself, and close the gap between where you are and where they are. It is painful but productive. It points you forward.
The second is malicious envy. This is the envy that makes you dangerous. When you feel malicious envy toward someone, you are not motivated to improve. You are motivated to destroy. You want to pull them down to your level because you have accepted, somewhere deep inside, that you will never reach theirs.
The difference between the two comes down to one thing. Whether you believe the gap can be closed.
Benign envy says the gap is closable. Keep going.
Malicious envy says the gap is permanent. Burn it down.
https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/why-trump-cant-keep-obamas-name-out
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#TFG #Envy #MaliciousEnvy #PresidentObama #LivingRentFree
#LucasBeanWhy Trump Can't Keep Obama's Name Out Of His Mouth
....In 2009, researcher Niels van de Ven at Tilburg University published a landmark study on envy. His finding was that envy is not one emotion. It is two completely different ones that just happen to share a name.
The first is benign envy. This is the envy that makes you better. When you feel benign envy toward someone, you are motivated to work harder, improve yourself, and close the gap between where you are and where they are. It is painful but productive. It points you forward.
The second is malicious envy. This is the envy that makes you dangerous. When you feel malicious envy toward someone, you are not motivated to improve. You are motivated to destroy. You want to pull them down to your level because you have accepted, somewhere deep inside, that you will never reach theirs.
The difference between the two comes down to one thing. Whether you believe the gap can be closed.
Benign envy says the gap is closable. Keep going.
Malicious envy says the gap is permanent. Burn it down.
https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/why-trump-cant-keep-obamas-name-out
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#TFG #Envy #MaliciousEnvy #PresidentObama #LivingRentFree
#LucasBeanWhy Trump Can't Keep Obama's Name Out Of His Mouth
....In 2009, researcher Niels van de Ven at Tilburg University published a landmark study on envy. His finding was that envy is not one emotion. It is two completely different ones that just happen to share a name.
The first is benign envy. This is the envy that makes you better. When you feel benign envy toward someone, you are motivated to work harder, improve yourself, and close the gap between where you are and where they are. It is painful but productive. It points you forward.
The second is malicious envy. This is the envy that makes you dangerous. When you feel malicious envy toward someone, you are not motivated to improve. You are motivated to destroy. You want to pull them down to your level because you have accepted, somewhere deep inside, that you will never reach theirs.
The difference between the two comes down to one thing. Whether you believe the gap can be closed.
Benign envy says the gap is closable. Keep going.
Malicious envy says the gap is permanent. Burn it down.
https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/why-trump-cant-keep-obamas-name-out
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#TFG #Envy #MaliciousEnvy #PresidentObama #LivingRentFree
#LucasBeanWhy Trump Can't Keep Obama's Name Out Of His Mouth
....In 2009, researcher Niels van de Ven at Tilburg University published a landmark study on envy. His finding was that envy is not one emotion. It is two completely different ones that just happen to share a name.
The first is benign envy. This is the envy that makes you better. When you feel benign envy toward someone, you are motivated to work harder, improve yourself, and close the gap between where you are and where they are. It is painful but productive. It points you forward.
The second is malicious envy. This is the envy that makes you dangerous. When you feel malicious envy toward someone, you are not motivated to improve. You are motivated to destroy. You want to pull them down to your level because you have accepted, somewhere deep inside, that you will never reach theirs.
The difference between the two comes down to one thing. Whether you believe the gap can be closed.
Benign envy says the gap is closable. Keep going.
Malicious envy says the gap is permanent. Burn it down.
https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/why-trump-cant-keep-obamas-name-out
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#TFG #Envy #MaliciousEnvy #PresidentObama #LivingRentFree
#LucasBeanWhy Trump Can't Keep Obama's Name Out Of His Mouth
....In 2009, researcher Niels van de Ven at Tilburg University published a landmark study on envy. His finding was that envy is not one emotion. It is two completely different ones that just happen to share a name.
The first is benign envy. This is the envy that makes you better. When you feel benign envy toward someone, you are motivated to work harder, improve yourself, and close the gap between where you are and where they are. It is painful but productive. It points you forward.
The second is malicious envy. This is the envy that makes you dangerous. When you feel malicious envy toward someone, you are not motivated to improve. You are motivated to destroy. You want to pull them down to your level because you have accepted, somewhere deep inside, that you will never reach theirs.
The difference between the two comes down to one thing. Whether you believe the gap can be closed.
Benign envy says the gap is closable. Keep going.
Malicious envy says the gap is permanent. Burn it down.
https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/why-trump-cant-keep-obamas-name-out
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What Happens When Conservatives Watch Real News
https://youtube.com/shorts/TqCU7no3Pm8
#USPol #psychology #politics #LucasBean #News #FoxNews #FauxNews #Propaganda #FUD #Conservatives #ParanoiaAsAService -
What Happens When Conservatives Watch Real News
https://youtube.com/shorts/TqCU7no3Pm8
#USPol #psychology #politics #LucasBean #News #FoxNews #FauxNews #Propaganda #FUD #Conservatives #ParanoiaAsAService -
What Happens When Conservatives Watch Real News
https://youtube.com/shorts/TqCU7no3Pm8
#USPol #psychology #politics #LucasBean #News #FoxNews #FauxNews #Propaganda #FUD #Conservatives #ParanoiaAsAService -
What Happens When Conservatives Watch Real News
https://youtube.com/shorts/TqCU7no3Pm8
#USPol #psychology #politics #LucasBean #News #FoxNews #FauxNews #Propaganda #FUD #Conservatives #ParanoiaAsAService -
What Happens When Conservatives Watch Real News
https://youtube.com/shorts/TqCU7no3Pm8
#USPol #psychology #politics #LucasBean #News #FoxNews #FauxNews #Propaganda #FUD #Conservatives #ParanoiaAsAService -
Trump Cult Attracts Avoidant People #psychology #politics #lucasbean #trump https://youtube.com/shorts/MFff-fbBABI?si=hvI2OVHVFEcwSFOb via @YouTube
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Trump Supporters Blame You For Trump #psychology #politics #lucasbean #t... https://youtube.com/shorts/95ESWfi7ksE?si=xuyXCrdTDy2C9T14 via @YouTube
I've seen this in people I know.
(Cognitive) Dissonance induced blame shifting.
But some of them have given up on it.
Trump vast crimes and fuck ups has broken them. -
Trump Supporters Blame You For Trump #psychology #politics #lucasbean #trump #psychology #trumpcult #maga #darkpsychology #politicalpsychology #narcissism #familydynamics #trump #YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ESWfi7ksE
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Trump Supporters Blame You For Trump #psychology #politics #lucasbean #trump #psychology #trumpcult #maga #darkpsychology #politicalpsychology #narcissism #familydynamics #trump #YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ESWfi7ksE
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#ConservativeMen #Education #Antiintellectualism #RichardHofstader #LucasBean
https://open.substack.com/pub/lucasbean/p/why-conservative-men-cannot-spell
I'm certainly not the smartest person, but I CAN learn and GROW.
"In 1963 historian Richard Hofstadter at Columbia University published Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. The book won the Pulitzer Prize. It remains one of the most important examinations of American culture ever written. And its central argument was not what most people expect.
Hofstadter was not writing about stupid people. He was writing about resentful ones.
His central finding was that anti-intellectualism in America was never primarily about ignorance. It was about status. Specifically it was about the specific psychological pain of feeling looked down on by people with more education, more credentials, and more cultural authority than you. And the response to that pain was not to close the gap. It was to attack the people on the other side of it.
Hofstadter defined anti-intellectualism as the resentment and suspicion of the life of the mind and of those who are considered to represent it and a disposition to constantly minimize the value of that life.
Read that definition carefully. Resentment. Suspicion. Minimization. These are not the responses of people who simply disagree with expert conclusions. These are the responses of people who feel threatened by the existence of expertise itself. People who experience a doctor’s recommendation or a scientist’s finding or a teacher’s lesson not as information but as an implicit judgment about their own worth.
When you feel stupid in the presence of educated people you have two choices. You can do the hard work of becoming less ignorant. Or you can decide that the educated people are the problem.
One of those choices is difficult and humbling and takes years.
The other one takes about thirty seconds on social media."
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#ConservativeMen #Education #Antiintellectualism #RichardHofstader #LucasBean
https://open.substack.com/pub/lucasbean/p/why-conservative-men-cannot-spell
I'm certainly not the smartest person, but I CAN learn and GROW.
"In 1963 historian Richard Hofstadter at Columbia University published Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. The book won the Pulitzer Prize. It remains one of the most important examinations of American culture ever written. And its central argument was not what most people expect.
Hofstadter was not writing about stupid people. He was writing about resentful ones.
His central finding was that anti-intellectualism in America was never primarily about ignorance. It was about status. Specifically it was about the specific psychological pain of feeling looked down on by people with more education, more credentials, and more cultural authority than you. And the response to that pain was not to close the gap. It was to attack the people on the other side of it.
Hofstadter defined anti-intellectualism as the resentment and suspicion of the life of the mind and of those who are considered to represent it and a disposition to constantly minimize the value of that life.
Read that definition carefully. Resentment. Suspicion. Minimization. These are not the responses of people who simply disagree with expert conclusions. These are the responses of people who feel threatened by the existence of expertise itself. People who experience a doctor’s recommendation or a scientist’s finding or a teacher’s lesson not as information but as an implicit judgment about their own worth.
When you feel stupid in the presence of educated people you have two choices. You can do the hard work of becoming less ignorant. Or you can decide that the educated people are the problem.
One of those choices is difficult and humbling and takes years.
The other one takes about thirty seconds on social media."
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Trump Supporters Blame You For Trump #psychology #politics #lucasbean #trump
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Trump Supporters Blame You For Trump #psychology #politics #lucasbean #trump
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#NotMonsters #NotThinking #LucasBean
https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/many-trump-supporters-are-not-evil
"The Trump supporter who never asked what was happening at the border is not off the hook because they did not personally separate a family. The voter who cheered for disruption without asking what would be disrupted is not absolved because they did not personally threaten a judge.
Thoughtlessness has consequences. And the consequences do not become less real because the person producing them stopped thinking before they could feel responsible for them.
You do not have to be evil to make evil possible.
You just have to stop thinking.
The most dangerous people in any fascist movement are never the ones at the top.
They are the ordinary people at the bottom who keep showing up.
And the first step toward stopping them is being precise about exactly what they are doing.
Not monsters exactly.
People who stopped asking questions.
And people who stop asking questions can start again.
The question is whether they will.
Or will their ego force them to remain quiet."
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#NotMonsters #NotThinking #LucasBean
https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/many-trump-supporters-are-not-evil
"The Trump supporter who never asked what was happening at the border is not off the hook because they did not personally separate a family. The voter who cheered for disruption without asking what would be disrupted is not absolved because they did not personally threaten a judge.
Thoughtlessness has consequences. And the consequences do not become less real because the person producing them stopped thinking before they could feel responsible for them.
You do not have to be evil to make evil possible.
You just have to stop thinking.
The most dangerous people in any fascist movement are never the ones at the top.
They are the ordinary people at the bottom who keep showing up.
And the first step toward stopping them is being precise about exactly what they are doing.
Not monsters exactly.
People who stopped asking questions.
And people who stop asking questions can start again.
The question is whether they will.
Or will their ego force them to remain quiet."
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are you sure that MAGA knows pro wrestling is scripted?
quote:
Why MAGA Loves Trump Lying to Them #psychology #poltics #lucasbean #kayf... https://youtube.com/shorts/KNYSzbM3VY4?si=eSBTk9X8D3qWv2bZ via @YouTube -
are you sure that MAGA knows pro wrestling is scripted?
quote:
Why MAGA Loves Trump Lying to Them #psychology #poltics #lucasbean #kayf... https://youtube.com/shorts/KNYSzbM3VY4?si=eSBTk9X8D3qWv2bZ via @YouTube -
#Egotism #TFG #MeetThePress #LucasBean
The Research
Roy Baumeister at Florida State University spent decades studying the relationship between self-image and aggression. His findings overturned a widely held assumption about confidence and power.
The popular belief was that aggression comes from low self-esteem. That people who feel bad about themselves lash out. Baumeister’s research told a more complicated and more disturbing story. The people most prone to explosive aggression are not people with low self-esteem. They are people with inflated, unstable self-esteem. People who think very highly of themselves but whose self-image has no foundation underneath it.
When that self-image is challenged, the nervous system reacts before the conscious mind can intervene. There is no reflection, no consideration, no processing of the incoming information. There is only the threat response. And the threat response has one goal: eliminate the source of the challenge.
Baumeister called this threatened egotism. And his research showed it is one of the most reliable predictors of human aggression across cultures, contexts, and situations.
The angrier the reaction, the more fragile the ego that produced it.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lucasbean/p/the-president-just-had-a-meltdown
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#Egotism #TFG #MeetThePress #LucasBean
The Research
Roy Baumeister at Florida State University spent decades studying the relationship between self-image and aggression. His findings overturned a widely held assumption about confidence and power.
The popular belief was that aggression comes from low self-esteem. That people who feel bad about themselves lash out. Baumeister’s research told a more complicated and more disturbing story. The people most prone to explosive aggression are not people with low self-esteem. They are people with inflated, unstable self-esteem. People who think very highly of themselves but whose self-image has no foundation underneath it.
When that self-image is challenged, the nervous system reacts before the conscious mind can intervene. There is no reflection, no consideration, no processing of the incoming information. There is only the threat response. And the threat response has one goal: eliminate the source of the challenge.
Baumeister called this threatened egotism. And his research showed it is one of the most reliable predictors of human aggression across cultures, contexts, and situations.
The angrier the reaction, the more fragile the ego that produced it.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lucasbean/p/the-president-just-had-a-meltdown
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#MAGABase #NonFacts #Debate
#LucasBeanMore from Lucas Bean on "Don't Debate Them."
https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/why-debating-non-facts-is-bad
Being anti-science is not edgy. It is not brave. It is not independent thinking. It is embarrassing. It was embarrassing when people thought the sun orbited the earth. It was embarrassing when doctors thought washing hands was unnecessary. Every single time in human history that someone decided feelings were more reliable than evidence they were wrong and they looked like idiots to every generation that came after them.
That is you right now. In real time. Looking like an idiot.
The schoolyard bully who pushed people around because they had nothing else going for them went out with the 1980s. Demanding debates you have no business being in is that exact same energy. Trying to feel powerful by intimidating people who are smarter than you. It did not work then. It does not work now. And everyone watching can see exactly what it is.
And here is the thing nobody says out loud. The moment I agree to debate you I have told the world that your misinformation deserves to share a stage with facts. That propaganda belongs in the same conversation as truth. That what you read in a Facebook group is on the same level as what scientists spent decades proving in a laboratory.
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#MAGABase #NonFacts #Debate
#LucasBeanMore from Lucas Bean on "Don't Debate Them."
https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/why-debating-non-facts-is-bad
Being anti-science is not edgy. It is not brave. It is not independent thinking. It is embarrassing. It was embarrassing when people thought the sun orbited the earth. It was embarrassing when doctors thought washing hands was unnecessary. Every single time in human history that someone decided feelings were more reliable than evidence they were wrong and they looked like idiots to every generation that came after them.
That is you right now. In real time. Looking like an idiot.
The schoolyard bully who pushed people around because they had nothing else going for them went out with the 1980s. Demanding debates you have no business being in is that exact same energy. Trying to feel powerful by intimidating people who are smarter than you. It did not work then. It does not work now. And everyone watching can see exactly what it is.
And here is the thing nobody says out loud. The moment I agree to debate you I have told the world that your misinformation deserves to share a stage with facts. That propaganda belongs in the same conversation as truth. That what you read in a Facebook group is on the same level as what scientists spent decades proving in a laboratory.
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#MagaPsychology #LucasBean #Projection
https://open.substack.com/pub/lucasbean/p/every-accusation-is-a-confession
"You have heard it so many times it barely registers anymore.
Election fraud. The deep state. Grooming children. Weaponizing the government. Burying the truth. Every week a new outrage. Every week a new enemy. Every week the same people screaming about the same crimes they are actively committing.
This is not a coincidence. There is a specific psychological mechanism behind it. And once you see it you cannot unsee it.
Sigmund Freud identified it over a century ago. He called it projection. His theory was straightforward: when people cannot tolerate their own guilt, their mind transfers it outward. They do not see the flaw in themselves. They see it in everyone around them. The shame gets redirected before it can be felt.
Freud’s framework was theoretical. But in 1997, psychologists Leonard Newman, Judith Duff, and Roy Baumeister put it in the lab and confirmed it. Their research showed that when people actively suppress thoughts about their own undesirable traits, those traits become more mentally accessible, not less. The harder you try to push the guilt down, the louder it gets. And the brain resolves that tension by attributing the trait to someone else. You do not bury the guilt. You relocate it.
That is the unconscious version. The version where the person genuinely does not know they are doing it.
Upgrade to paidBut there is another version. And MAGA has been running it for a decade.
Some people project on purpose. They accuse you first so that when the truth comes out, it looks like retaliation. It is a preemptive strike dressed up as moral outrage. By the time the evidence surfaces, the accusation has already poisoned the well. Anyone pointing at the truth looks like they are playing politics.
Trump perfected this."
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#MagaPsychology #LucasBean #Projection
https://open.substack.com/pub/lucasbean/p/every-accusation-is-a-confession
"You have heard it so many times it barely registers anymore.
Election fraud. The deep state. Grooming children. Weaponizing the government. Burying the truth. Every week a new outrage. Every week a new enemy. Every week the same people screaming about the same crimes they are actively committing.
This is not a coincidence. There is a specific psychological mechanism behind it. And once you see it you cannot unsee it.
Sigmund Freud identified it over a century ago. He called it projection. His theory was straightforward: when people cannot tolerate their own guilt, their mind transfers it outward. They do not see the flaw in themselves. They see it in everyone around them. The shame gets redirected before it can be felt.
Freud’s framework was theoretical. But in 1997, psychologists Leonard Newman, Judith Duff, and Roy Baumeister put it in the lab and confirmed it. Their research showed that when people actively suppress thoughts about their own undesirable traits, those traits become more mentally accessible, not less. The harder you try to push the guilt down, the louder it gets. And the brain resolves that tension by attributing the trait to someone else. You do not bury the guilt. You relocate it.
That is the unconscious version. The version where the person genuinely does not know they are doing it.
Upgrade to paidBut there is another version. And MAGA has been running it for a decade.
Some people project on purpose. They accuse you first so that when the truth comes out, it looks like retaliation. It is a preemptive strike dressed up as moral outrage. By the time the evidence surfaces, the accusation has already poisoned the well. Anyone pointing at the truth looks like they are playing politics.
Trump perfected this."
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#MoralHypocricy #USPolitics #LucasBean
You’ve seen it a thousand times.
Someone spends years saying the most vicious things imaginable. Calling people groomers. Threatening civil war. Celebrating cruelty. And the moment you push back, even once, they collapse into victimhood. Suddenly you’re the problem. Suddenly you’re uncivil. Suddenly you’re the one who needs to calm down.
This isn’t random. It isn’t hypocrisy in the casual sense. There is a specific psychological mechanism at work, and researchers have been studying it for decades.
Psychologists Piercarlo Valdesolo and David DeSteno at Northeastern University ran a series of experiments examining how people judge the exact same behavior depending on who commits it. Their findings were stark. People consistently rated identical actions as fair and acceptable when performed by someone in their own group and unfair and unacceptable when performed by someone outside it. Same behavior. Completely different moral judgment. They called this moral hypocrisy.
What makes this relevant to American politics right now is the scale at which it has been weaponized.
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#MoralHypocricy #USPolitics #LucasBean
You’ve seen it a thousand times.
Someone spends years saying the most vicious things imaginable. Calling people groomers. Threatening civil war. Celebrating cruelty. And the moment you push back, even once, they collapse into victimhood. Suddenly you’re the problem. Suddenly you’re uncivil. Suddenly you’re the one who needs to calm down.
This isn’t random. It isn’t hypocrisy in the casual sense. There is a specific psychological mechanism at work, and researchers have been studying it for decades.
Psychologists Piercarlo Valdesolo and David DeSteno at Northeastern University ran a series of experiments examining how people judge the exact same behavior depending on who commits it. Their findings were stark. People consistently rated identical actions as fair and acceptable when performed by someone in their own group and unfair and unacceptable when performed by someone outside it. Same behavior. Completely different moral judgment. They called this moral hypocrisy.
What makes this relevant to American politics right now is the scale at which it has been weaponized.
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#TFG #MagaCulture #BrokenMen #LucasBean #PsychologialResearch
Why Conservative Culture Produces Weak Fragile Men
Lucas Bean
Apr 27I want to talk about something that nobody in conservative media will ever say out loud.
Conservative culture does not produce strong men.
It produces broken ones.I know that is a provocative claim. But it is not an opinion. It is backed by decades of psychological research. And once you understand the mechanism behind it, everything you see at a Trump rally, everything you see in conservative media, everything you see in the men who are the loudest and the angriest and the most devoted to a man who will never know their name, suddenly makes complete sense.
The Myth of Shame
Conservative culture has spent decades selling a specific idea of what a strong man looks like.He does not talk about his feelings. He does not ask for help. He does not go to therapy. He does not cry. He does not admit weakness. He sucks it up. He pushes through. He handles it alone.
This is sold as strength. It is not strength. It is emotional paralysis dressed up as toughness.
Psychologist Brene Brown at the University of Houston spent decades studying shame and what it does to the human brain. Her research identified something that conservative culture has never been willing to confront.
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#TFG #MagaCulture #BrokenMen #LucasBean #PsychologialResearch
Why Conservative Culture Produces Weak Fragile Men
Lucas Bean
Apr 27I want to talk about something that nobody in conservative media will ever say out loud.
Conservative culture does not produce strong men.
It produces broken ones.I know that is a provocative claim. But it is not an opinion. It is backed by decades of psychological research. And once you understand the mechanism behind it, everything you see at a Trump rally, everything you see in conservative media, everything you see in the men who are the loudest and the angriest and the most devoted to a man who will never know their name, suddenly makes complete sense.
The Myth of Shame
Conservative culture has spent decades selling a specific idea of what a strong man looks like.He does not talk about his feelings. He does not ask for help. He does not go to therapy. He does not cry. He does not admit weakness. He sucks it up. He pushes through. He handles it alone.
This is sold as strength. It is not strength. It is emotional paralysis dressed up as toughness.
Psychologist Brene Brown at the University of Houston spent decades studying shame and what it does to the human brain. Her research identified something that conservative culture has never been willing to confront.
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Here's hoping Donnie's collapse is very public and very messy.
I prefer to read his posts, but the video was part and parcel.
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Here's hoping Donnie's collapse is very public and very messy.
I prefer to read his posts, but the video was part and parcel.