High scorers on both authoritarianism scales hold anti-Semitic militia beliefs

Evidence

The present study indicates most Wild-Card Authoritarians have anti-Semitic militialike sentiments. Of the 25 high RWAs-high LWAs in the sample that answered Booklet B, 17 (68%) also scored in the top quartile on the Militia scale. So most of these “wild-cards” seem to be right-wing authoritarians who overrode the preamble and tablesetters to the LWA Scale because they “know” the Establishment is composed of Jews and their accomplices who control an oppressive, plotting, gun-grabbing government. Accordingly, the LWA scale’s scan for revolutionary authoritarianism uncovered such authoritarianism in the anti-Semitic militia-oriented High RWAs. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1004

Categorization

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