Survey experiments show that "affluent Americans’ desire for social status strongly predicts their level of economic conservatism." When affluent Americans are randomly assigned to experience social media feeds that highlight upper-class lifestyles, they become more economically conservative. User smurfyjenkins, in the The Ben Bernanke Center for Ill-behaved Statists subreddit, 28 Jan 2020
Survey experiments show that "affluent Americans’ desire for social status strongly predicts their level of economic conservatism." When affluent Americans are randomly assigned to experience social media feeds that highlight upper-class lifestyles, they become more economically conservative. User smurfyjenkins, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 28 Jan 2020