Society/Culture Why do less intelligent people gravitate towards fringe extremist views?

[Pie eyed]

The difference between the the less intelligent on the extreme right side of politics V those on the left is that the right are dangerous Nazis. The left want to sell me crystals

Buy the crystals.

 

[Pie eyed]

Does anyone have stats on the % of conservatives with degrees as opposed to lefties?

Google is your friend.
Academia is awash with stats and studies.
The right post random numbers in the interest of balance.

 

[ElectricG]

Does anyone have stats on the % of conservatives with degrees as opposed to lefties?

Also income/ideology stats would also provide some context for the “working class alienated by the left” discussions

 

[darth_timon]

I wonder if, as a rule, the more gullible someone else, the easier it is to manipulate them? Throw a few big words around, make use of pseudoscience, and you'll convince people - mostly less intelligent people but sometimes even smarter folk - of a number of notions. The flat earth theory is a prime example of this.

 

[Carringbush2010]

The Greens have shifted a long way from being the, pot smoking, protesting about trees being cut down party they are now
wannabe Lenin/trotskyites
Bandit and Di Natalie were originally members of the Socialist alliance party & from memory reading there parents
Bandit is far more delusional and dangerous

Greens basic policies basic Trotsky, create emotion & fear whilst creating division
Pretend to stand up for the minority & fringe groups, for person gain and run a lavish lifestyle you your mates whilst using things like aboriginals, refugees as pawns

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/green-mp-opens-on-marxism/news-story/7f52f790c3cd43ddbd58ff6554da6248

You define the Greens as some sort of brainwashing conspiracy group, ready to go all antifa style 'once we've brainwashed the population'

'Dangerous' Lol, that's rather insulting to the majority of the population don't you think?

This is the same line of thinking in the mid 10's about 'everyone sh*t themselves Sharia law is gonna take over oz!, they'll brainwash you!'............ Yeah we're still a free liberal democratic society and nothing has changed.

Funny, you post like you actually believe your own bs.

 

[Demons09]

You define the Greens as some sort of brainwashing conspiracy group, ready to go all antifa style 'once we've brainwashed the population'

'Dangerous' Lol, that's rather insulting to the majority of the population don't you think?

This is the same line of thinking in the mid 10's about 'everyone sh*t themselves Sharia law is gonna take over oz!, they'll brainwash you!'............ Yeah we're still a free liberal democratic society and nothing has changed.

Funny, you post like you actually believe your own bs.

Is 12% of the population a majority is it?

 

[Carringbush2010]

Is 12% of the population a majority is it?

Seems you agree with me it isn't.

 

[the_interloper]

I wonder if, as a rule, the more gullible someone else, the easier it is to manipulate them? Throw a few big words around, make use of pseudoscience, and you'll convince people - mostly less intelligent people but sometimes even smarter folk - of a number of notions. The flat earth theory is a prime example of this.

Yeah generally, but it often helps if you give someone something they want to believe, can be easy to even convince smart people of bullshit.

 

[Leeda]

Because they are scared ….let us be careful

 

[Leeda]

Seems you agree with me it isn't.

Tacky

 

[sonofafrank]

Is 12% of the population a majority is it?

That’s with preferences. The real vote for the greens is far less than that!

 

[Leeda]

You define the Greens as some sort of brainwashing conspiracy group, ready to go all antifa style 'once we've brainwashed the population'

'Dangerous' Lol, that's rather insulting to the majority of the population don't you think?

This is the same line of thinking in the mid 10's about 'everyone sh*t themselves Sharia law is gonna take over oz!, they'll brainwash you!'............ Yeah we're still a free liberal democratic society and nothing has changed.

Funny, you post like you actually believe your own bs.

Dawn of the new age

 

[sonofafrank]

You define the Greens as some sort of brainwashing conspiracy group, ready to go all antifa style 'once we've brainwashed the population'

'Dangerous' Lol, that's rather insulting to the majority of the population don't you think?

This is the same line of thinking in the mid 10's about 'everyone sh*t themselves Sharia law is gonna take over oz!, they'll brainwash you!'............ Yeah we're still a free liberal democratic society and nothing has changed.

Funny, you post like you actually believe your own bs.

The greens are hardly the pot smoking, bongo drum protest party they once were.
Bandit and DinNatslie are life long Maxists/ communists and peddle Lenin/Trotsky ideology.

The greens do nothing except stir up hate & try to decide The so called anti racists are the racists

I love the one they peddle the bs about being on stolen land and we shouldn’t be here then turn around and call for mass migration etc

 

[FredLeDeux]

The greens are hardly the pot smoking, bongo drum protest party they once were.
Bandit and DinNatslie are life long Maxists/ communists and peddle Lenin/Trotsky ideology.

The greens do nothing except stir up hate & try to decide The so called anti racists are the racists

I love the one they peddle the bs about being on stolen land and we shouldn’t be here then turn around and call for mass migration etc

The answer to the OP's question is "Because they are incoherent, illogical dimwits".
Your post is incontrovertible proof.

 

[Leeda]

Homer…sort your self out

 

[spinynorman]

I will say, as a counterpoint, most centrists I have come across are often among the most intellectually incurious people I have met. An inability to imagine a world any better than what we have and/or a lack of will to do anything to achieve it doesn’t strike me as a sign of great intelligence.

 

[Carringbush2010]

The greens are hardly the pot smoking, bongo drum protest party they once were.
Bandit and DinNatslie are life long Maxists/ communists and peddle Lenin/Trotsky ideology.

The greens do nothing except stir up hate & try to decide The so called anti racists are the racists

I love the one they peddle the bs about being on stolen land and we shouldn’t be here then turn around and call for mass migration etc

That maybe so, and it's not like the majority of the don't know their motives. You interpret it as intentionally divisive for disingenuous means.

I personally think they're compassionate about minorities that have ideals that are not necessarily in the interest to the centred majority I:e unrealistic.

Regardless, the majority are not so stupid to allow / vote in a party that is not in their own interests.

So your Armageddon type rhetoric is unfounded.

 

[Carringbush2010]

I will say, as a counterpoint, most centrists I have come across are often among the most intellectually incurious people I have met. An inability to imagine a world any better than what we have and/or a lack of will to do anything to achieve it doesn’t strike me as a sign of great intelligence.

Interesting Spiny,

If I may add, and maybe not unintelligent enough to fall for fringe views.

As a person of apparent mediocre intellect, I'll go out on a limb and back that.

 

[Grin]

I will say, as a counterpoint, most centrists I have come across are often among the most intellectually incurious people I have met. An inability to imagine a world any better than what we have and/or a lack of will to do anything to achieve it doesn’t strike me as a sign of great intelligence.

By definition, you're posting about conservatives.

 

[Grin]

Yeah generally, but it often helps if you give someone something they want to believe, can be easy to even convince smart people of bullshit.

I know of a Nigerian prince who can confirm this.

 

[spinynorman]

Heartening to see Blair Cottrell debunking this theory and proving himself to be one of the deepest thinkers of our time.

 

[ExcitementMachine]

People without a tertiary education gravitate towards the lowest common denominator (conservatism) to compensate for their lack of education which keeps them adrift of fulfilment and self-worth

What a snobbish post. And yes I have a tertiary degree.

 

[ElectricG]

Heartening to see Blair Cottrell debunking this theory and proving himself to be one of the deepest thinkers of our time.

Some real Jaden Smith stuff there

 

[Todman]

Does anyone have stats on the % of conservatives with degrees as opposed to lefties?

This is why the left want free tertiary education. They are so clever that they want the right to pay.

 

[Grin]

This is why the left want free tertiary education. They are so clever that they want the right to pay.

I'm pretty sure there are significant economic benefits from a more educated and skilled population. Although I do concede that you may find educated people threatening.
Back to the topic of this thread: Why do gravitate towards far right wing views?