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Tag 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
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
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
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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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Why Syrian refugees?
There’s two aspects to the Syrian refugee crisis that are worth thinking about a bit more deeply. That’s because both of them represent something of a departure from past behaviour. The first is the question which a few commentators, such … Continue reading
Posted in Human Nature, Human Wellbeing, International Politics, Media, New Zealand Politics
Tagged human nature, John Key, Media, National, political psychology, refugees, Syria
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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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PMs just wanna have fun …
According to John Key it was all just innocent “horsing around“. It wasn’t, of course – as John Armstrong in the New Zealand Herald understands. And Key knew that too. All his protests to the contrary amount to him pulling our collective … Continue reading
Seven Sharp, Campbell Live and TV Ratings – The ‘Nudge’ Factor
University of Chicago economist Richard Thaler and Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein wrote a generally well-received book in 2008 called ‘Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness‘. It was an accessible assemblage of very well known work in psychology … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Free Market, Human Nature, Political Psychology
Tagged journalism, markets, Media, political psychology
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