Hierarchy-enhancing ideologies span religion, nationalism, racism, and even speciesism.
Evidence
There are many different examples of HE-LMs, including ideas and philosophies such as sexism, classical racism, the notion of the “White Man’s burden,” notions of “fate,” the doctrine of meritorious karma, Confucianism, negative stereotypes of subordinate groups, traditional forms of classism, the thesis of Papal infallibility, nationalism, the Monroe Doctrine and the notion of manifest destiny, the thesis of the divine rights of kings, and “speciesism” (the idea that humans have the “right” to rule the planet and all living creatures on it). — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3215
Categorization
- CANDY: A list of disparate hierarchy-justifying ideologies — including Papal infallibility next to manifest destiny and speciesism — is a fun conversation piece.
- XREF: connects to: Christian nationalism is a distinct ideology irreducible to racism, sexism, or xenophobia. — Andrew L. Whitehead, Samuel L. Perry, and Joseph O. Baker, Make America Christian Again: Christian…, 44