The reactionary right is not a monolith • Henry Farrell

The reactionary right is not a monolith • Henry Farrell

We have a tendency to overestimate how unified our political adversaries are, because of a particular version of what psychologists call the “fundamental attribution error.” When we look at our own side, we all too easily see the incoherence, the petty feuding, bickering and incompetence. When we look at the other, it appears to be possessed by a single purpose, marching in lockstep to a coherent, evil plan. It’s harder to think this way about s…