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Category Archives: Political Psychology
The morality of poverty and the poverty of morality
We are moral animals. But, so far as I can judge, in politics today our moral instincts are operating in a way that generates the worst moral outcomes. Metiria Turei’s recent confession (a moral notion) at the launch of the Green … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Economics, New Zealand Politics, Political Psychology, Poverty
Tagged Elections, human nature, political psychology, Voting, welfare
14 Comments
Who’s afraid of ‘radical’ politics?
As the 2017 election approaches the question has been asked of ‘the left’ in New Zealand – Is it time to ‘go radical‘? It’s a question especially relevant to the Labour Party given recent polling. But it’s almost exactly the … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Free Market, Human Wellbeing, Labour, New Zealand Politics, Political Psychology
Tagged capitalism, Elections, Freedom, National, New Zealand Identity, Voting
7 Comments
Is that all there is?
Apparently, McDonald’s hamburgers are the result of the best technology that food and taste engineers can provide. All ingredients and processing events are managed to within an inch – maybe less – of their lives. The consumable item is the culmination … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Human Nature, New Zealand Politics, Political Psychology
Tagged Elections, John Key, National, political psychology, self-interest, wellbeing
7 Comments
Of bewildered herds
The oldest war in history is that between the people and those who have hoarded power to themselves. Predictably – perhaps inevitably – the latter eventually gain a sense of entitlement to the power they have hoarded. In days gone by … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, International Politics, Labour, Political Psychology
Tagged bewildered herd, Elections, Jeremy Corbyn, UK Labour
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While we’re talking about flags …
Here’s a few interesting bits of vexillology and imperialist sentiment that I came across when researching the previous two posts. The detailed mix of the issues of flag similarity and representations of relationships to imperialism and colonialism just gets more and … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Maori, National Identity, New Zealand Politics, Political Psychology
Tagged colonialism, Flags, political psychology, unity
4 Comments
False flag logic – Part II: ‘Out, damned Jack!’
Out, damned spot! Out, I say!—One, two. Why, then, ’tis time to do ’t. Lady MacBeth in ‘MacBeth’ (Act 5, Scene 1) – William Shakespeare One of the main arguments put forward in favour of a flag change for New … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Media, Military, National Identity, New Zealand Politics, Political Psychology
Tagged Elections, Flags, John Key, New Zealand Identity, political psychology, unity
9 Comments
On the very idea of ISIS – Part II
In the first part of this post I argued that beliefs held by individuals are not a good basis on which to analyse geopolitical events. Both beliefs and their associated collective-level behaviours are the result of other forces operating in the environment … Continue reading
Posted in Human Nature, International Politics, Media, Military, Philosophy, Political Psychology
Tagged human nature, ideology, ISIS, Media, terrorism, Wittgenstein
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On the very idea of ISIS – Part I
The very idea of wanting to explain a practice–for example, the killing of the priest-king–seems wrong to me. All that Frazer does is to make them plausible to people who think as he does. It is very remarkable that in … Continue reading
Posted in Human Nature, International Politics, Military, Philosophy, Political Psychology
Tagged capitalism, ideology, ISIS, political psychology, terrorism, Wittgenstein
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When is bias no longer bias? When it’s everything.
Is Mike Hosking politically biased? I think the answer is ‘yes’. Is our media politically biased? I think the answer is also ‘yes’. Is our society politically biased? That’s not quite so easy to answer. But for a more worrying reason … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Economics, Free Market, Human Nature, Media, New Zealand Politics, Political Psychology
Tagged markets, Media, Mike Hosking, political psychology
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Pointless referenda I would like
Well, the flag’s well and truly come down for the start of the silly season so let’s get into the spirit of it all. Yes, time to put aside all that serious politico stuff that ‘lefties’ get so uptight about. As … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, National Identity, New Zealand Politics, Political Psychology
Tagged corporations, John Key, National, New Zealand Identity, political psychology, Voting
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