How Does Asperger's Syndrome Sway Political Attitudes?

Post Reply New Topic

I think the factors of Asperger's syndrome can sway people politically in different directions.

• Conservative
  
  • Many people with Asperger's syndrome prefer familiarity and routine to the new and unpredictable and have a high need for structure in their life. This matches well with conservatives' desire for social structure and cohesion through adherence to tradition and authority. Conservatives also typically fear new ways of doing things and prefer to stay with familiar solutions to social problems.
  • Conservatives tend to be more mistrustful of others' motives, which matches well the mild paranoia of many here.
  • Conservatives tend to dislike people who appear or act different because it's unfamiliar to them.
• Liberal
  
  • Liberals' concern for the civil rights and social equality of oppressed groups means that people with developmental disabilities, including Asperger's syndrome, are more likely to garner sympathy and thus more support in overcoming personal struggles due to AS.
  • Liberals tend to reject some social conventions and institutions that many people with AS find illogical. For example, it is more acceptable to be an atheist among liberals; liberals are more likely to rely on science than religious doctrine.
• Libertarian
  
  • Libertarians proclaim themselves to be more about freedom than the other ideologies. They appeal to a sense of independence and individualism.
  • Libertarian ideology tends to be nonemotional and impersonal, which appeals to many people with AS.
  • Libertarians tend to be somewhat conservative in outlook without the official condonement of possibly irrational customs and institutions.

But no populist sentiments seem to be promoted by Asperger's.

Communists, socialists, and various shades of populist are usually of interest to aspies mostly as a special interest—without the kind of emotional demagoguery that makes populism more popular among NTs.

Will socialism be covered by liberalism? Just curious. I mean, I do not see AS socialists as necessarily being populist. There have also been some anarchists here too. I do not see many AS fascists popping up though.

I'm neither one of the three listed in the first post.

No, liberalism, even liberalism in the U.S. (the meaning I intended), is not socialism.

/raises hand

I'm a libertarian that votes conservative.

Something interesting is that in the US people tend to confuse socialism with social democracy, it seems that some of the stuff that Obama and also Clinton offered would be closer to the latter, rather than the former, if I'm correct.


It seems that a good number of aspies here are not americans, socialism could be covered by liberalism in other countries (more like social democracy and democratic socialism parties) and the term fascism would also differ in some degree, I suppose.

I know. However, liberalism and socialism both tend to be considered left-winged ideologies in the sense that I think both of us are using the term, which is why I had to ask.


True, it could be argued that some European conservatism seems more fascistic from an American point of view. At the very least, I have noticed the occasional European conservative say something that seems somewhat racist beyond what most Americans would tolerate.

Populism can in the broader sense be represented by socialism or fascism, although a member of either camp would disagree. It just means to intend to represent / appeal to the needs and interests of ordinary people. With regard to European standards I would debate that a European conservative is necessarily bordering on fascism, generally in Europe if you are fascist you come out and say it. As much as I disliked Margaret Thatcher I would not call her a fascist.

You are quite correct though political terms have different definitions around the world.E.g the Australian Liberal Party is right wing conservative.

I tend to agree with the original post. However sadly I do not think that the majority think any deeper than how their parents vote. Although your present election may go a little deeper and may be decided by Vagina's Vs Skin Colour

Well, I wasn't thinking Margaret Thatcher so much as the National Front party in France, and the occasional European conservatives I've seen pop up here who have posted questions on racial identity and various arguments for ideas that could be taken as anti-Semitic.

The NF openly admit to being fascist.

And I will admit freely that I don't keep up with french politics as much as I could.

'National Front'

If the name doesn't say it, I don't know what does

I'm Social Democrat who thinks that you can own any reasonable (no RPG's) guns and that a countries debt should be no more than 40% of GDP at any one time. In fact I think optimally, the debt of a country should be only 10-20% of GDP.

Edit: Complete Sentences are good.