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Interesting article. Really gets to the heart of what motivates those who support trump and gives little hope for others to burst their hate bubble. I think the articles very inciteful!
Trump voters are selfish: They love him because they identify with him | Salon.com
I think these attributes exist with most conservatives as well.
Trump voters are selfish: They love him because they identify with him | Salon.com
Trump's Republican and conservative supporters share the following attributes:
They are more likely to be authoritarians and to embrace other extreme right-wing ideologies.
They are racially resentful and hostile to nonwhites. This attitude is especially pronounced towards African-Americans.
They exhibit forms of toxic behavior associated with "collective narcissism."
They believe that white people are the real victims of racism in America.
They are political bullies who engage in social dominance behavior against individuals and groups they view as Other (nonwhites and immigrants, Muslims, gays and lesbians) or their political enemies (liberals and progressives).
They hold sexist and misogynistic views.
Trump's most extreme and enthusiastic supporters in the "alt-right" feature the "dark triad" of personality traits: narcissism, a propensity for violence, and a Machiavellian longing to manipulate others.
They have little regard for America's democratic norms and institutions and believe that winning at costs is all that matters -- even if that means siding with a foreign power such as Russia to elect Donald Trump
They live in regions of the United States where people are more likely to be unhappy, miserable and physically unwell and to suffer from the "deaths of despair."
They are attracted to Trump's threats of violence and his other antisocial behavior.
They are anti-intellectual, disdainful of higher education and hostile towards experts.
They possess a deep fear of death and social obsolescence which compels them towards "strong leaders," guns, superficial expressions of patriotism and Christian fundamentalism
They are extremely gullible and thus vulnerable to disinformation and other lies, as disseminated through the right-wing media.
They seek simple answers to complex problems and are quick to reject new and inconvenient information.
Either directly or indirectly, they want to hurt others whom they consider "un-American" or outside their tribe and community
I think these attributes exist with most conservatives as well.