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#573 Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington: Evolutionary Psychology, Political Ideology, and Social Inequality

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The Effects of Social Comparison on Inequalities

The more unequal a society is, the more out of society will be those at the bottom. The more intense are social comparison effects, the more intensely do we notice who has what. If society is highly segregated such that people aren't seeing how rich and poor others are, the effects might change. There's perhaps too quick a readiness on the left to jump on any findings that say that inequality is bad," he says.

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