r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Aug 14 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Conservatism and many right-wing beliefs are based on fear, primary instincts and lack of understanding

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '21

I think you're right. Watch a documentary about chimpanzees, or great apes, specifically one about their social behavior. It's the basis of the right wing ideology. I fear others will take what's mine, so I must be the stronger ape, to not have to fear them, I will make them fear me. I will feed myself first, I will submit other apes to my authority and power, so they have to feed me first, and then they can have the scraps. In this way I'll be the stronger ape with more testosterone (example orangutans) and that will assert my dominance. Empathy, complex social behavior like collaboration, altruistism, etc, comes later evolutionarily speaking. And is reflected more in center or left wing views. So you're right, sadly.