> People who have a natural inclination toward the
> first cognitive style will adhere to whatever
> conventional norms and political structures
> surround them -- they are devout communists
> under the Soviet regime, ardent GOPniks in the
> US, staunch Afrikaners in the apartheid South
> Africa -- in a word, pro-establishment in any
> country or society in which they find themselves.
> Again, this has nothing to do with their status as
> immigrants but with their natural cognitive
> predisposition -- immigration merely reveal
> their chameleon-like ability to blend in with the
> status quo.
Well, there you have it, Wojtek has come right out and said that he subscribes to Adorno's "Authoritarian Personality" thesis. I think maybe he's right, though.
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