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Why my life is better...
Last post 05-12-2008 12:25 PM by John Wear. 4 replies.
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05-08-2008 5:58 AM
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Kurt
  - Joined on 10-25-2002
- St. Louis, way north of TEXAS.
- Posts 790
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Why Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals Wednesday, May 07, 2008By Jeanna Bryner Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints the reason: Conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities.Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well-being than left-wingers, the new study found.Conservatives also scored highest on measures of rationalization, which gauge a person's tendency to justify, or explain away, inequalities.The rationalization measure included statements such as: "It is not really that big a problem if some people have more of a chance in life than others," and "This country would be better off if we worried less about how equal people are." To justify economic inequalities, a person could support the idea of meritocracy, in which people supposedly move up their economic status in society based on hard work and good performance.In that way, one's social class attainment, whether upper, middle or lower, would be perceived as totally fair and justified.If your beliefs don't justify gaps in status, you could be left frustrated and disheartened, according to the researchers, Jaime Napier and John Jost of New York University. They conducted both a U.S.-centric survey and a more internationally focused one to arrive at the findings."Our research suggests that inequality takes a greater psychological toll on liberals than on conservatives," the researchers write in the June issue of the journal Psychological Science, "apparently because liberals lack ideological rationalizations that would help them frame inequality in a positive (or at least neutral) light."The results support and further explain a Pew Research Center survey from 2006, in which 47 percent of conservative Republicans in the U.S. described themselves as "very happy," while only 28 percent of liberal Democrats indicated such cheer.The same rationalizing phenomena could apply to personal situations as well."There is no reason to think that the effects we have identified here are unique to economic forms of inequality," the researchers write. "Research suggests that highly egalitarian women are less happy in their marriages compared with their more traditional counterparts, apparently because they are more troubled by disparities in domestic labor."The current study was funded by the National Science Foundation.
kRut
"America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country." "W"
I felt a nudge on my foot under the table, I looked down and there amongst the crumbs and fetid matter was a feral liberal. I spoke to it and said, "You filthy liberal!"....it looked back at me with a smile on it's face and said, "Oink!"
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Joe C.
 - Joined on 08-09-2004
- Portland, OR USA
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Re: Why my life is better...
And if you're happy, we're all happy.
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Salmndr92
- Joined on 11-22-2002
- Cincinnati, Ohio USA
- Posts 268
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Re: Why my life is better...
I heard Rush talk about this a few months back. Comparing my life with a neo-liberal friend of mine, I have to agree with this.
 Semper Fidelis
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Skivvy Stacker
  - Joined on 07-13-2004
- Hastings, Minnesota USA
- Posts 4,284
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Re: Why my life is better...
I'm happy to be a conservative because I was getting tired of tie dye shirts and patcoullie oil. 
But He said to me; "My grace is sufficient for you. For My power is made perfect in weakness."
therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.--2 Cor. 12:9
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John Wear
 - Joined on 10-24-2002
- New Hope...it's near Philly, PA USA
- Posts 7,515
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Re: Why my life is better...
You're liberal when you are younger because you have a heart.
You're conservative when you are older (and wiser) because you have a brain.
-Winston Chruchill
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