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They're not wrong though either. The glazing is real.

Another meaningless distinction. A king ALWAYS has support of the people. If they lose a sufficient amount of that support, they will either be assassinated, overthrown or exiled. Which is why kings and other authoritarians are often so paranoid. It's badly incorrect to assume authoritarians rule without support from the people. This is populist, progressive nonsense.

Is that the correct conclusion of your anecdote though? If your friend who previously supported progressive causes got flipped by a demagogue, that would suggest authoritarian physiology has a lot to with our current situation. There are probably many others just like your family member.

That’s not a meaningful distinction. A king is just authoritarianism scaled up, not the beginning of it.

Early tribes WERE deeply authoritarian. They were not a SD Green, egalitarian, liberal democracy.

Awesome. Let us know how it goes!

Clever rebuttal but it still has a lot of problems. The chart is misleading because you cannot scale biological influence in that way. You are operating on an assumption that "if biology accounted for only 40% of political beliefs in identical twins, then it must be way less for normal people". But that's incorrect. Twin studies are designed precisely to estimate how much genetics contributes to variance in a trait across everyone, using twin comparisons as a tool. So if we take these studies at face value, you would have to conclude 40% biological influence for everyone, not just identical twins. Which is still a huge effect, and would show that biology has a significant influence on your political positions, even if it's still less causal than environment. In fact, the study you actually referenced is extremely clear that there is profound link between biology and political ideology. A few quotes: That last quote is particularly significant, because it supports what I have been trying to say from the beginning. There is still much to be understood about how biology influences your political ideology. Heritability is likely to be underestimated when it comes to measuring a downstream disposition like authoritarianism. So the full extent of biological influence on political cognition is still being uncovered, and it is likely stronger than early estimates suggest, not weaker.

“Correctly” being the very key word.

An ear piece AI cannot possibly replicate good game. At best, it could give you general guidance. But even this is cringe. I doubt any woman would be okay with it if she knew.

Two bananas

Targeting Act Blue: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-expected-sign-memo-targeting-act-blue-rcna202673

Yes, your point is right.

AI generated:

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This is somewhat of a moot point though. The function of masculinity is to protect against threats. A better frame would be to ask whether it's adaptive or not.

Disintegrating into bufo white light?

The evolution of society can sometimes be overstated, yes. But the issue is that society is still evolving. And it’s correct to adapt to that evolution. In practice, a perspective of “men don’t need to evolve” will be used to justify all kinds of toxic behavior. Like a romantic partner who refuses to take feedback. It’s wiser to allow for the need of evolution.

Men can still evolve as society evolves. You don't have to accept everything about traditional masculinity.

The point is the drive is more fundamental than any ideology. I don't see how that helps your position. No, this is faulty. Ideology that goes with authoritarianism is the justification for biology and survival. YES External influence is mostly window dressing. Which is why we have religions across all cultures that are fundamentally so similar, even though their external core can look quite different.

There is definitely more. But I've also answered more questions than I ever anticipated. In that sense, I'm very satisfied.

Nothing says masculinity like complaining about how much harder your life is than a woman's. Surely this is the kind of guy she wants to be with. Maybe she'll pat poor baby on the back and tell you everything will be okay. Mommy will handle things.

"Interesting correlation" was never my position. It feels consistent to me. The sugar analogy is faulty since even if you personally had never been exposed to sugar, you would still seek out sources of high glucose like sugar. So you are not waiting around ambivalently. You are completely played by your biology to find and eat sugar before you even know what it is. The whole thing I'm arguing here is that authoritarianism is not just an abstract belief system you pick up from society. It's more fundamental than that.

More. I'll say 80/20 in favor of biology over societal narratives. But also, ultimately a distinction between biology and mind has to breakdown. They will feed into each other, without a clear dividing line. Mind and biology are a strange loop.

If you really like the PNW, you could look into Seattle. I would not do Portland. It's a cool city but it is pretty sparse on nightlife.