I'd mostly-forgotten this study, but just saw it linked again.
Political conservatives are happier than liberals. We proposed that this happiness gap is accounted for by specific attitude and personality differences associated with positive adjustment and mental health. In contrast, a predominant social psychological explanation of the gap is that conservatives, who are described as fearful, defensive, and low in self-esteem, will rationalize away social inequalities in order to justify the status quo (system justification). In four studies, conservatives expressed greater personal agency (e.g., personal control, responsibility), more positive outlook (e.g., optimism, self-worth), more transcendent moral beliefs (e.g., greater religiosity, greater moral clarity, less tolerance of transgressions), and a generalized belief in fairness, and these differences accounted for the happiness gap. These patterns are consistent with the positive adjustment explanation
Then there's the bleeding obvious: in contrast to the classical-liberal (today known as "Conservative") ideals of Life, Liberty, and the Purſuit of Happineſs, Progressive ideology centers around Death, Oppreſsion, and the Purſuit of Miſery.
If you purſue miſery, expect to be miſerable.
(Huh. The ſpelling checker doeſn't complain about my uſe of the long s.)
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