The study 'Pathogens and Politics: Further Evidence That Parasite Prevalence Predicts Authoritarianism', provides a deeper understanding of how humans react to perceived threats and how that relates to the type of government the people will accept.
The second study focused on "Small-scale societies" and found that parasite prevalence "Predicted measures of authoritarian governance, and did so even when statistically controlling for other threats to human welfare."
The researchers examined the effects of malnutrition, warfare, and famine, finding that only the threat of famine and pathogens correlate with authoritarian governance.
"This conclusion is consistent also with psychological evidence showing that, while other threats can also influence individuals' conformist and ethnocentric attitudes, the perceived threat of infectious disease has effects that are empirically unique," the researchers write.
Another study referenced by Pathogens and Politics delves further into the psychology behind perceived threats and conformity.
The study, Threat(s) and conformity deconstructed: Perceived threat of infectious disease and its implications for conformist attitudes and behaviour, found that the threat of disease "May trigger conformist attitudes" in the population at large.
What they discovered was that when the threat of infectious disease was prominent the population expressed "Greater liking for people with conformist traits and exhibited higher levels of behavioural conformity." However, there was no comparable increase in conformist attitudes as a result of temporary threats that were not related to disease.
https://dailyexpose.uk/2022/04/29/authoritarianism-response-to-pandemics-and-famine/
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