
Why social change is so excruciatingly difficult
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The Evidence for System Justification Theory
Professor John Joost is the author of two recent books on system justification. He says people tend to justify larger social systems, whether they're good for them or not. Vultz: System justification pushes us in directions contrary to self-justification and group justification. The way it's distributed among conservatives and liberals may be a clue how those seeking change can work around it.
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