tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post4268085488085282035..comments2024-03-29T07:14:55.029+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: The Conservative Party's Stable InstabilityPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-59355660895173692622017-10-09T10:59:15.896+01:002017-10-09T10:59:15.896+01:00To me it seems like the more appropriate analogy w...To me it seems like the more appropriate analogy would be with a gang rather than a cult, and voting Leave was their "initiation". The fact that Brexit is in fact harmful to Britain is a feature rather than a bug, as it gives Leave voters a shared guilt that ensures their loyalty.George Cartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170378024031141482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-38190616357453794242017-10-09T07:54:45.646+01:002017-10-09T07:54:45.646+01:00No amount of evidence will shift most Leave voters...No amount of evidence will shift most Leave voters views because their own sense of identity is now so entwined with their vote - they can't afford to be "wrong". This is a psychological rather than sociological phenomenon IMHO, the same exhibited by cult members etc. <br /><br />So you're right, no change there. I have wondered what the evolutionary edge is, though. However it does seem consistent to me with the way that people cling to logicially inconsistent ideas because doing do - if they are part of the mainstream - has served them well their whole life. Hence you have Brexiters who live among peer groups who read the Mail etc, and equally, Lefties whose views blow with the editorial direction of the Guardian. Independent thought is frowned upon, because conformity, regardless of illogic and inconsistency, had served them well in life. Except when it doesn't. That's when they start looking for scapegoats. Speedynoreply@blogger.com