As a libertarian-leaning person I abhor socialism. However, this piece is not meant to convince anyone of anything. I simply found an interesting article that made a connection between physical prowess and political affiliation with socialist policies.
Researchers at Brunel University, London published their findings in the Evolution and Human Behavior journal and in so they randomly selected and observed 171 men and measured their bodies and tested their physical strength. Then they compared these results with the same men's views on socialism and redistribution of wealth.
The end result was that physical weakness correlated with preference for socialism whereas very few of the physically strong men had such a preference. Researcher Michael price stated something along the lines of this being a part of our "stone age brains" where men with stronger capabilities were normally more successful at the things that mattered before technology took over... the stronger people were more successful at hunting, building, fighting, and finding mates.
The study also found that the physically stronger men tended to spend more time in the gym, which is likely obvious but they also found that the stronger ones tended to reject socialist ideas regardless of whether or not they themselves were rich or poor.
you can read the original article here but it is just a snippet, the actual raw data I could not find available for free... not that anyone would read it anyway as I am certain it is quite academic and boring.
it is not my objective to hurt anyone's feelings, or to start an argument. I also know people who are quite strong and successful athletes who support some level of socialism (just look at professional sports in USA) I am merely pointing out what I considered to be an interesting academic paper... don't get mad bruh!
