Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
I don't disagree about showing off--but that is true equally of liberals and conservatives (think Hollywood and NYC). Even showing off can lead to a fuller life. I think you are making generalizations based on partisan bias rather than real evidence. And, in my also cynical experience, these groups become more money oriented with age because they have more money to show off with.
iolo (04-20-2019)
World revolution would just produce more tyranny in the name of freedom. There are no capitalist armies controlling the working class in Cuba, China, or N. Korea. These are largely socialist nations with little freedom, poor living conditions, and certainly dictatorships that make capitalist countries look tame.
Which capitalists are controlling your life? I think some personalities are more likely to see themselves as having little control over their lives and governed by outside forces beyond their control. They find that others are dictating their lives--astrology, capitalists, religious forces, world bankers.....
As shown in earlier posts, those in science, math, business, and engineering tend to be more conservative than those in other fields. Fields like English, sociology, women's studies tend to be the most liberal and least scientifically oriented in their studies instead using emotion and compassion to based their conclusions.
This generalization applies primarily to academia and it becomes much more diverse in the real world. Scientists outside the university are not as likely to vote Democratic as those in the universities.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
Maybe the scientists are among the majority of Republicans who do believe in climate change. Believing in climate change does not mean a person necessarily believes the solutions put forth by one party are the right ones.
"More Republicans Than You Think Support Action on Climate Change"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/29/o...nge-polls.html
"A majority of Democrats and Republicans believe the United States should participate in the Paris climate accord and reduce greenhouse gas emissions regardless of what other countries do."
"In March, well before the most destructive wildfires in California history, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication polled 1,067 registered voters on climate change. The study found that while they disagree on the cause, majorities in both parties agree that the world is experiencing global warming and call for government action to address it."
"The survey also found that majorities in both parties think the government should fund research into solar and wind energy, offer tax rebates to those buying energy-efficient vehicles and solar panels, and encourage schools to teach children about the causes and consequences of global warming, and potential solutions. A majority of Democrats and Republicans believe the United States should participate in the Paris climate accord and reduce greenhouse gas emissions regardless of what other countries do."
"A study conducted in June by Stanford, ABC News and Resources for the Future uncovered a similar trend. It found that 66 percent of Republicans believe the increase in temperature is “mostly or partly caused by humans.” Another poll, released last month by Monmouth University in New Jersey, found that most Republicans now support action on climate change."
"o be sure, not every poll shows the same thing. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll recently asked people if they believed climate change is “serious” and requires “immediate action.” Only around 15 percent of Republicans said yes compared with 71 percent of Democrats. It’s notable that the poll did not ask, as the Yale study did, for views on specific remedies — which is where the two parties seem to find more common ground."
PoliTalker (04-19-2019)
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