In a nutshell, Princeton University found that those who dislike the Communist Party of China are predominantly fearful, disagreeable, and introverted, lacking close emotional attachments to others.
Those who like the CPC, conversely, score high on confidence, sociability, conscientiousness, and work ethic. These are what the study calls “traits associated with personal and professional success.”
Importantly, the first group only make up roughly 5% of the Chinese population according to the study, which completely inverts the stereotype. It turns out that charismatic, cosmopolitan, open-minded intellectuals are the ones overwhelmingly supporters of the Party. The critics of CPC are precisely the people who are least equipped to build coalitions, mobilize others, or persuade anyone of anything.
You’re gonna hit me for saying the obvious, but socialism is based on sociability. In other words, some anti-socialists are, simply put, anti-social.
Same with anti-communist. Hate the commons? --> Private property. Or even: hate the commoners? --> aristocratic ass.
However, there would be a very interesting question here. Why are neurodivergents attracted to socialism? I’ve read it’s the feeling of not being able to withstand injustice.
I have autism (medical diagnosis) and yes, the social-craft is… difficult to say the least.
But, like you said, it’s the sheer injustice in the world that i cannot tolerate. I have met elderly, pregnant women, and students who by no will of their own but by capital, have had to thown themselves in to the human destroying machine™
Another feature it drives me nuts is the illogical contradictions on how as a society do things.
I could go on but i think’ll leave it there.
Neurodivergent communist here (though no medical diagnosis because I hate doctors). I think that it comes from capitalism not only allowing but enabling outdated cultural beliefs to exist if they do not obstruct capitalism’s drive for profit (sometimes, playing into those old cultural norms allows for the bourgeoisie to direct proletarian anger towards a group that they can hate rather than understand the contradictions inherent to capitalism and solving them).
Capitalism creates a system where the bourgeoisie end up valuing their workers based on how much profit they can extract from their labor-power, and since neurodivergent people have a harder time in some areas compared to a neurotypical worker, they are viewed as less useful, so they are likely treated more poorly under capitalism than capitalism treats neurotypical workers. Oppressing a group is a surefire way to get that group to harbor resentment towards the oppressors and be more inclined to ways (socialism) to eliminate oppression.
I don’t do social stuff because it’s hard, not because I don’t want it. On the contrary, having less social makes one realize how important it is.