Political liberals accept more collective guilt than conservatives, independent of individual-responsibility beliefs.

Evidence

Likewise, as self-identified general political orientation increased from a conservative to a more liberal position, so too did acceptance of collective guilt for the ingroup’s past harm to other groups. Political orientation was not significantly correlated with assignment of collective guilt. The group accountability subscale was also uncorrelated with political orientation, which suggests that political conservatives’ reluctance to accept collective guilt is not simply due to their belief that individuals alone are responsible for their outcomes. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 203

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Conservatives are lower in cognitive complexity and higher in need for structure than liberals. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1819

Broader Connections

• Conservatives are lower in cognitive complexity and higher in need for structure than liberals. #qualifies (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1819