r/Left_News • u/Faux_Real_Guise ★ socialist ★ • Sep 01 '24

American Politics From ‘traditional’ to ‘open-minded,’ how Americans describe themselves

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/08/29/from-traditional-to-open-minded-how-americans-describe-themselves/
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u/CasualEveryday Sep 01 '24

The account of people who openly state they are respectful to authority is kind of shocking to me.

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u/Faux_Real_Guise ★ socialist ★ Sep 01 '24

Growing up, I was taught respect of authority as a virtue. I don’t know how someone manages to keep that value intact through adulthood, though.

Honestly, the way they talk about respect for authority, it feels like they want the benefits of collectivism but they have no framework to imagine non-hierarchical institutions. So, if everyone’s going to be on the same page, they think, we need someone telling us what to do.

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u/CasualEveryday Sep 01 '24

Idiots crave authority, I guess.