See this article. There has been a long line of empirical research that shows conservatives tend to have a greater fear response and hence more developed amygdalas. So the study had conservatives imagine complete safety and their opinions were much more liberal, at least temporarily. Conservative leaders know this and play on the fear of immigrants and Muslims etc.
Thing is, on a societal scale that would require the government providing policies that increase minimum wage to a living wage, increase worker safety regulations, reintroduce unions to give a voice to workers, etc. And the oligarchs will never do that on their own, nor will their lackeys in Congress, until we replace them with representatives who will. The status quo loves keeping workers in fear and servitude so as to more easily manipulate them and redirect their fears onto their neighbors.
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