Yale University: Identity 'Fusion' With Political Leader Gives Rise to Extremism
September 04, 2019
September 04, 2019
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 4 [TNSresearch] -- Yale University issued the following news release:
People whose identity is "fused" with that of a political leader are more likely to take extreme positions or commit violence on behalf of the leader, new studies by researchers at Yale and University of Oslo have found.
Followers of Donald Trump who have fused -- or experience a deep sense of oneness -- with the president are more likely to support use of viole . . .
People whose identity is "fused" with that of a political leader are more likely to take extreme positions or commit violence on behalf of the leader, new studies by researchers at Yale and University of Oslo have found.
Followers of Donald Trump who have fused -- or experience a deep sense of oneness -- with the president are more likely to support use of viole . . .