What Types of People Seem Most Predispositioned to Progressivism?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

(Haha...Say that three times fast! :P)

I say artistic types--writers, artists, musicians, etc.--usually seem to be on the progressive side of the spectrum, though there certainly are SOME conservative authors, etc. out there.

On the flip side, I'd say that the people LEAST predispositioned to liberalism seem to be stark business types--CEOs, etc.--people who are happy with the way things are, and therefore don't want any change. Not that there can't be liberal higher-ups, of course. :D ;)

What else, either for likely or unlikely to be progressive?

:popcorn:

On Edit: Fucking grammar.... :grr:

[Heidi]

1. People who recognize that Republican policies have crapped on them

and, of course, those who've suffered as a result of the conservative mindset. The list of people who've been summarily shat upon by such policies and minset is so long that I won't even start it here (out of consideration for the cost of bandwidth).

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. LOL--But of course you are right.

I don't see many poor people--or minority populations--running around screaming, "LONG LIVE PRESIDENT BUSH!!!" with rabid grins on their faces.

;)

[Heidi]

7. Or single parents, or our GLBT friends, or non-Christians, or

the majority of middle class families (who are struggling as a result of Bush's non-existent economic policy), or, in fact, anyone who loves, and/or is loved by any of these people.

See how long the list is?

[RandomKoolzip]

3. I dunno, but I have noticed that many engineers are conservative.

Most of the engineering students I met in college were straight-up fascists. Of course, the MBA-types were too (that goes without saying), but many of the hard-science guys seemed even more rightist in their thinking than I would have thought.

The arts seem to breed leftist-types (Why do you think they call them Liberal Arts?)

[Hugin]

5. The same could be said for the new breed of lawyers.

Hmmpf... Engineers.

[RandomKoolzip]

6. True....Are you an engineer, BTW? I didn't mean to offend.

[Hugin]

8. I'm a third generation engineer...

Of the many I know, only one is a registered Republican and while
still conservative he's currently swinging very Progressive.

The converts are always the most radical.

[RandomKoolzip]

10. Okay.... I didn't mean to besmirch the entire field.

I was just speaking to my own experiences in college. I DID go to school in the deep south, so that may have had something to do with it.

Anyhow....sorry if I offended.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

9. That's because we artsy-fartsy people are all

bohemian.

:D :P :P :D ;)

[supernova]

4. I think it comes from how comfortable you are with ambiguity

Liberal-minded progressive types tend to be very comfortable with ambiguity. Not everything has to have an answer or indeed should. What matters to this type of person is in asking the questions.

More conservative types have a really physcological need to have everything wrapped up. To varying degrees, they don't like ambiguity of any kind. It makes their brains hurt and makes them very insecure. That could explain for example why the person above me, notieced that engineers they met tend to be conservative.

[khashka]

11. Outsiders

Artists, writers, homosexuals, women....

But it's not a hard and fast rule - Dali really admired Hitler.

I think it comes down to ambiguity. Is everything black and white or can you see infinite shades of grey?


Khash.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

13. 'Course there's grey.

I'm just in a blanket-statement mood today, I guess...

:D

[Ivan Sputnik]

12. Empathy

I agree with everything that's been said here, but I think empathy--the ability to see yourself in someone else's shoes, even someone very different from you--comes into it too. A lot of people "at the top" lack this quality, but are often good at faking it.