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'''The Evolutionary Psychology Behind Politics''' is a book primarily authored by the "Anonymous Conservative." <ref>http://www.anonymousconservative.com/blog/about-the-author/</ref> | '''The Evolutionary Psychology Behind Politics''' is a book primarily authored by the "Anonymous Conservative." <ref>http://www.anonymousconservative.com/blog/about-the-author/</ref> | ||
| − | The book seeks to explain the origins of [[Conservatism]] and [[Liberalism]] by using the "r/K selection theory." The theory presents the "r-types" who embrace anti-competitiveness, promiscuity, single parenting, and the early sexualization of youth. Contrary to r-types, there are the "K-types" who embrace competition, monogamy, two-parent child rearing, and the later sexualization of offspring. On a political scale, the former are represented by liberals while the latter are represented by conservatives. <ref>http://anonymousconservative.com/index.html</ref> | + | The book seeks to explain the origins of [[Conservatism]] and [[Liberalism]] by using the "r/K selection theory." The theory presents the "r-types" who embrace anti-competitiveness, promiscuity, single parenting, and the early sexualization of youth. R-types develop in an environment where resources are abundant and thus seek to exploit the resource availability. Contrary to r-types, there are the "K-types" who embrace competition, monogamy, two-parent child rearing, and the later sexualization of offspring. K-types develop to survive in an environment with resource scarcity. On a political scale, the former are represented by liberals while the latter are represented by conservatives. <ref>http://anonymousconservative.com/index.html</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:03, July 29, 2015
The Evolutionary Psychology Behind Politics is a book primarily authored by the "Anonymous Conservative." [1]
The book seeks to explain the origins of Conservatism and Liberalism by using the "r/K selection theory." The theory presents the "r-types" who embrace anti-competitiveness, promiscuity, single parenting, and the early sexualization of youth. R-types develop in an environment where resources are abundant and thus seek to exploit the resource availability. Contrary to r-types, there are the "K-types" who embrace competition, monogamy, two-parent child rearing, and the later sexualization of offspring. K-types develop to survive in an environment with resource scarcity. On a political scale, the former are represented by liberals while the latter are represented by conservatives. [2]