High-RWA people are uniquely susceptible to flattering dishonest persuasion

Evidence

Why then do high SDOs tend to end up on the “high RWA end” on many social issues? I can offer three reasons. First, social dominators tend to hold conservative economic and political philosophies. Second, experiments have shown that high RWAs (but not lows) will trust untrustworthy people who tell them what they want to hear. So if—no offense intended—you believe that “one of the most useful skills a person should develop is how to look someone straight in the eye and lie convincingly,” where will you find your easiest sell on the political spectrum? Whom do you sidle on up to and praise the Lord? The right-wing authoritarians. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1080

Categorization

• CANDY: The point that submissive authoritarians fall for liars who tell them what they want to hear is a compact, quotable insight.