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Shamangineer | Fascism: The History, The Psychology, & The Re-emergence
The Psychology and Moral Foundations of Libertarians
A study of 12,000 libertarians found they score low on moral foundations like loyalty and authority, similar to liberals, but also low on "care" and "fairness," similar to conservatives. Libertarians are characterized as highly "systemizing" and "cerebral" but score the lowest of all groups on "empathizing." This psychological profile is compared to the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum, where a focus on logic and rules overrides social and emotional relating.