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   From: burford/associate@uk.MI15   
      
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   LOL  no surprise there, is there?   
      
   Surprise, surprise. Men who are physically weak are more likely to   
   favor socialist policies.   
      
   An academic study from researchers at Brunel University London assessed 171   
   men, looking at their height, weight, overall physical strength and bicep   
   circumference, along with their views on redistribution of wealth and income   
   inequality. The study, published in the Evolution and Human Behavior   
   journal, ?found that weaker men were more likely to favor socialist policies   
   than stronger men.   
      
    Brunel University's Michael Price believes this may be a product of   
   evolutionary psychology.   
      
   "This is about our Stone Age brains, in a modern society," said Dr. Price.   
   "Our minds evolved in environments where strength was a big determinant of   
   success. If you find yourself in a body not threatened by other males, if   
   you feel you can win competitions for status, then maybe you start thinking   
   inequality is pretty good."   
      
   Taking his assessment one step further, Price wanted to factor in gym time   
   to see if he could determine the relationship flow between strength and   
   socialistic leanings. Are men who are naturally strong more inclined to hold   
   capitalistic views, or are men with capitalistic views driven to go to the   
   gym?   
      
   "When Dr Price factored in time spent in the gym some, but not all, of the   
   link disappeared," notes The Times, suggesting there may be something to men   
   with capitalistic views hitting the gym.   
      
    "Of course this isn't rational in modern environments, where your ability   
   to win might have more to do with where you went to university. Lot of guys   
   who are phenomenally successful in modern societies would probably be   
   nowhere near as successful in hunter gatherer societies," added Price.   
      
   Other studies in the past have also suggested stronger men are more   
   right-wing than physically weaker men. "Researchers found that men's   
   opinions on redistribution of wealth could be predicted by their upper body   
   strength, with powerful men more likely to take a conservative stance of   
   protecting their own interests," noted The Telegraph of a 2013 study from   
   Aarhus University in Denmark.   
      
   Anyone with two eyes would be hard-pressed to refute such findings.   
      
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