Authoritarian leaders destroyed the world in global simulation games

Evidence

When given a chance to control the earth’s future in a sophisticated global simulation, Lows cooperated a great deal and solved many of the problems that arose—although some selfishness and ethnocentrism appeared. Highs, by contrast, completely destroyed the planet in a nuclear. holocaust and, when given a second chance, still engaged in destructive domination strategies. High RWA leaders also stole more from their peoples to accumulate personal wealth. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1919

Categorization

• XREF: Experimental illustration of High RWA destructive dominance that corroborates the vault’s claims about authoritarian governance tendencies.
• CANDY: The global simulation outcome is vivid and self-contained — authoritarians nuked the virtual planet, then did it again given a second chance.