You are biased

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by Distraff, Jul 28, 2021.

  1. Distraff

    Distraff Well-Known Member

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    Below are a couple graphs I want to show. They clearly show that your view of the economy depends on whether your party is in office or not. The reality is that you are just as biased as the other side is.
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    A recent study found that democrats and republicans have very inaccurate perceptions of what the other side believes and will ascribe far more radical views to the other side than they actually believe. Those who follow the news a lot are less accurate than those who rarely follow the news.
    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/a...-democrats-dont-understand-each-other/592324/
    https://perceptiongap.us/

    Several recent studies have found that an obsession with politics to be bad for your mental health and impact your brain as well.
    https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.or...-can-impact-your-brain-and-health-study-says/

    In fact I find that many people with real life and psychological issues try to cope by getting way too much into politics and start hating people on the side.
     
  2. Flynn from Az

    Flynn from Az Well-Known Member

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    Sounds about right.
     
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    TedintheShed Banned

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    Yep. They are too busy fighting amongst themselves and engaging in tribalism to notice the atomic wedgie that the ruling class is giving them
     
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    Quantum Nerd Well-Known Member

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    It is no surprise, since people WANT to believe that the president they voted for will make their lives better, because they WANT to believe their economic policies are better.

    Unfortunately, this has real life consequences, because if half of the country ALWAYS beliefs the economy is bad, because their guy didn't win, this will affect their behavior in the economy, i.e. spending, hiring, borrowing etc. Or does it? It would be interesting to see a graph of how those behaviors vary over time for the three groups, Republicans, independents and Dems. That would tell the REAL picture, whether people actually put their money where their mouth is, or whether this is just the usual sour grapes when you backed the loser.
     

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