Another way to think about this: the motives that tell folks to & #39;seek social cohesion& #39; (e.g., authoritarianism) are - at least among members of the racial/ethnic majority in the US - constrained to motives that tell them to & #39;keep the folks on top on top& #39; (e.g., SDO). (1/3) https://twitter.com/ChrisPolPsych/status/1199678916170067968">https://twitter.com/ChrisPolP...

Elite exponents of this worldview (e.g., Bill Barr) are unwilling or unable to confront the ways in which these motives may be at functional cross-purposes. The US right& #39;s ideological dream-world & pop-apocalypticism reflect a furious effort to square this circle. (2/3)

Not coincidentally, three of the key social-conservative elites mentioned in @Edsall& #39;s article - Barr, George, Deneen - are Catholics who have made careers out of denying that the Catholic Church has a social doctrine that is critical of free-market excess & inequality. (3/3)