Understanding left-wing authoritarianism: Relations to the dark personality traits, altruism, and social justice commitment
Ann Krispenz & Alex Bertrams
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In two pre-registered studies, we investigated the relationship of left-wing authoritarianism with the ego-focused trait of narcissism. Based on existing research, we expected individuals with higher levels of left-wing authoritarianism to also report higher levels of narcissism. Further, as individuals with leftist political attitudes can be assumed to be striving for social equality, we expected left-wing authoritarianism to also be positively related to prosocial traits, but narcissism to remain a significant predictor of left-wing authoritarianism above and beyond those prosocial dispositions. We investigated our hypotheses in two studies using cross-sectional correlational designs. Two nearly representative US samples (Study 1: N = 391; Study 2: N = 377) completed online measures of left-wing authoritarianism, the Dark Triad personality traits, and two variables with a prosocial focus (i.e., altruism and social justice commitment). In addition, we assessed relevant covariates (i.e., age, gender, socially desirable responding, and virtue signaling). The results of multiple regression analyses showed that a strong ideological view, according to which a violent revolution against existing societal structures is legitimate (i.e., anti-hierarchical aggression), was associated with antagonistic narcissism (Study 1) and psychopathy (Study 2). However, neither dispositional altruism nor social justice commitment was related to left-wing anti-hierarchical aggression. Considering these results, we assume that some leftist political activists do not actually strive for social justice and equality but rather use political activism to endorse or exercise violence against others to satisfy their own ego-focused needs. We discuss these results in relation to the dark-ego-vehicle principle.
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The joys of having the religion of evil living in your country
IS urges Muslims: Tear Swedes to pieces
Published 6/7/2023
The Islamic State's news channel calls on Muslims in Sweden to attack and "tear apart" Swedes in the streets.
It is the media channel Al-Adiyat that in mid-March shared a post with calls for violence against Swedes. This after the Koran burnings of the Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan.
READ ALSO: Swedish Embassy in Pakistan apologizes for 'Islamophobia'
IS stated that Muslims in Sweden and the rest of Europe should attack and tear apart the bodies of infidels in the streets of the country. This is reported by the Doku foundation, citing the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) .
IS will kill Löfven
The Muslim terrorist organization also targeted Stefan Löfven (S) - who is falsely stated to be Sweden's current prime minister. IS calls Löfven "a little slave of the cross" and claims that he has declared a war against Islam but also showed hatred towards the prophet.
READ ALSO: The government's fatwa: Distances itself from the "right-wing extremist" Paludan
Furthermore, IS states that there is no mercy and that Löfven should be punished by cutting off the head of evil.
https://samnytt.se/is-uppmanar....-muslimer-slit-svens
So why does the EU not make a deal with some African country to pay for and build new citys where refugees can get good med treatment, learn skills. It can be policed by the EU army and police till new people can be trained. They never need to come to Europe.
Silly me , what do you think will happen when the war in Ukraine comes to an end. The EU will flood the country with muslims and Africans to "rebuild" it. The people are going to find out that the true evil is not Russia but the EU
EU: Pay SEK 233,000 per migrant and avoid receiving
Published 09:30 AM
On Thursday, a majority of the EU countries agreed on central parts of a common migration policy which, among other things, means that countries that do not want to test a migrant's possible grounds for asylum can buy themselves free for 20,000 euros per person.
Migration Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) sees the decision as a breakthrough.
- Today we have taken a historic step. We have taken an important step towards a stable and sustainable migration policy, she tells DN .
She believes that this will lead to fewer migrants applying to the EU.
- I am convinced of that because there will be a special procedure for those who come from countries with a low grant rate.
READ ALSO: Ten million welfare migrants have their sights set on Sweden
In addition to being able to buy their way out, the proposal also means that the EU countries must build up sufficient capacity near the border to be able to quickly determine whether it is likely that a migrant has grounds for asylum or not, and those deemed to have no grounds for asylum must be rejected.
The EU countries must also cooperate closely with countries in the Union's immediate area to stem the flow of economic migrants.
Furthermore, EU countries must help each other and border countries that are under pressure when many migrants arrive.
Poland and Hungary say no
The proposal mentions 30,000 migrants who are in Italy or Greece and who should be able to be moved to other EU countries which will then take over the asylum process. The distribution must be based on the EU countries' GDP and population. For Sweden, this would mean around 900 pieces.
As countries such as Poland and Hungary look at Sweden and Germany with horror and do not want the same situation there, they have refused to accept migrants who are redistributed. They can now instead through "compulsory solidarity" contribute with, for example, border police, equipment or pay 20,000 euros for every migrant they avoid.
After several revisions, only Poland and Hungary voted against and Bulgaria, Malta, Lithuania and Slovakia abstained.