Why Weak Men Vote for Communism
Tucker Carlson recently tweeted -- er, posted -- that "Women and weak men are the most susceptible to evil."
The left was scandalized, but science is on Tucker's side, assuming by evil he means authoritarianism.
According to a new study, if you eat healthy and go to the gym, chances are you vote right-wing -- as in, small government. This builds on a 2021 study that found giving Democrat men testosterone injections turns them Republican.
No only is this hilarious, it gives us insight to why left vs right exists in the first place.
Strong Men Make Good Times
The study, from Brunel University in England, found men who are more muscular, who go to the gym, and have more powerful body language tend to reject government intervention in the economy.
Interestingly, the more hours in the gym, the more they rejected government.
So, yes, there's something to the soyboys for Kamala memes.
Meanwhile, across countries women tend to vote left, and men tend to vote right. In the US, for example, there's about a 15 point gap between men and women.
Interestingly, it's only single women: Married women actually vote Republican by 5 points -- the same as men. While single women vote Democrat by 48 points.
In other words, the Democrat party is, to a first approximation, single women.
Not all have cats, but many do.
Why do Single Women Vote Left?
So why do single women vote so left?
Folk explanations include they see government as daddy, or they're low-income and want handouts. Abortion is cited in the US, but it's not a major issue in most countries where single women also vote left. It could just be that single women tend to be the least informed on public policy, so maybe they're easier for media to manipulate.
But an interesting theory comes from a 2002 book called Darwinian Politics by Paul Rubin, a professor at Emory.
He posits that humans have two political instincts: to resist dominance by outside groups, and to resist in-group domination. As in, are the barbarians invading vs are the millionaires hogging all the cute girls.
He finds that conservatives tend to focus on out-group domination, so they favor policies that make us stronger: low taxes for economic growth, anti-drug laws, work requirements for welfare, strong armies.
While the left tends to focus on in-group domination, so they favor forced equality, big governments that can cut down the mighty, and fetishize niche-groups to unite the weak in a grand coalition against the strong.
Common Ground
What's interesting here is that both instincts -- out-group and in-group -- are universal human traits. We all care about both, but we vote depending on how we see the relative threats.
So if you're living in North Korea, you're probably more concerned about in-group domination. If you're living in Israel at the moment you're probably more concerned about the out-group. And, either way, men of course have more testosterone — hence more out-group focus.
Not only does this explain the enduring appeal of left vs right -- at least since Plato and Aristotle.
It also explains media focus: right media tends to focus on universals -- is the country stronger, wealthier, healthier. Are the kids doing alright. It's a politics of protection -- conserving.
While left-wing media acts like we're in civil war between classes, genders, races, religions, sexual preferences.
It's a politics of fear which, apparently works exceptionally well on single women who may not have an on-call provider or protector.
What’s Next
It shouldn’t be a surprise that people who feel they control their life do, indeed, vote to make their world better. While those who feel powerless see voting as a form of collective self-defense against their fellow citizens.
The solution, of course, is to give people more control over the lives. From school-choice to making it easier to start — or keep — a business, people who control their destiny vote to keep that control instead of voting to be led to the slaughter.
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I’m more inclined to attribute the female-leftist/socialist association with narcissism amongst women and especially feminists. They want all of the benefits of a traditional relationship with men, without having to contribute to an actual relationship or best any of the associated burdens. Narcissistic sense of entitlement.
The in-group/out-group perspective is still an interesting take on this.
Weak people have a bias toward social consensus.
They don't ask themselves: "is this right?"
...they ask: "will everyone think this is right, too?"
Our society has had critical pillars removed:
- active connection with Christ
- nuclear family units
- critical thinking
- numeracy
- literacy
This was done intentionally to flood the zone with concensus-seekers.
With folks who will "trust the science".
With folks who wont question odd looking election results... year after year.
If we can't depend on ourselves we must depend on the Government.
...that's the Gov's plan for your life. To bring about communism.
Weak mean DO vote for communism. Out of fear and a desire to escape punishment for dislocating from the consensus.