Disadvantaged groups routinely adopt beliefs that perpetuate their own subordination

Evidence

Central to this discussion is the concept of false consciousness, defined here as the holding of beliefs that are contrary to one’s personal or group interest and which thereby contribute to the maintenance of the disadvantaged position of the self or the group (cf. Cunningham, 1987; Eagleton, 1991; Elster, 1982; Meyerson, 1991). Examples might include “accommodation to material insecurity or deprivation” (Parkin, 1971, p. 90), developing “needs which perpetuate toil, aggressiveness, misery, and injustice” (Marcuse, 1964, p. 5), deriving a “kind of comfort from believing that [one’s] sufferings are unavoidable or deserved” (Wood, 1988, p. 359), and thinking that “whatever rank is held by individuals in the social order represents their intrinsic worth” (McMurtry, 1978, p. 149). — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2876

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2876
• XREF: connects to: Meritocracy belief blames excluded individuals for their own exclusion — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 711; Disadvantaged groups accept stereotypes that sustain their own oppression. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 2911; Subordinate classes’ belief in their incapacity helps sustain their subordination. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 498 (+1 more)