We Found the One Group of Americans Who Are Most Likely to Spread Fake News - eviltoast

This is a little old, but only just heard of this term of “low-conscientiousness conservatives” from YouTuber Leeja Miller.

“In newly published research, we found that it’s not conservatives in general who tend to promote false information, but rather a smaller subset of them who also share two psychological traits: low levels of conscientiousness and an appetite for chaos.”

  • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    I don’t like this at all. It’s got psychoanalysis, and it just sounds smug. Dors this sort of thing work? If I call liberals lazy will they become marxists? I fuckin doubt it. … unless? nah.