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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Reading psych studies on people who have authoritarian beliefs is eye opening. Here's a study (pdf) that found authoritarians will seek out media that confirms their biases when scared. The "when scared" is important. Participants that weren't scared showed no difference to non-authoritarians. The authors suggested that authoritarians will seek out confirmation of their beliefs as a mechanism of dealing with fear.