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Political mortality salience

March 20 2008 at 11:18 AM
  (Login advancedatheist)
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Response to Re: culture defines almost all humans

Funny, politicians seem to gather support by invoking mortality salience all the time. Conservative politicians say, "If you don't vote for us, the terrorists will kill you." Progressive, or at least less conservative, politicians say, "If you don't vote for us, you won't get affordable healthcare and you'll die."

Why doesn't that translate into something like, "If you don't get cryonically suspended, you'll stay dead forever"?

 
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