Recent research has found that both IQ and genetic markers can predict political leanings towards liberalism and lower authoritarianism, suggesting our political views may be partly wired in our DNA.
  • venusaur@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Except conservative Republicans led the abolition of slavery. The parties have flipped over time.

    EDIT: republicans of the time were progressive. Democrats were conservatives “preying on the dumbest”.

    • TwistyLex@discuss.tchncs.de
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      5 months ago

      Those were progressive Republicans. The party Lincoln started was progressive at the time.

      The current Republican party is conservative, but that wasn’t always the case.