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2D, Second Quadra
Heroic idealization
Dominance hierarchy
Competitive contest
Strength is the cardinal virtue, softness and indecision are liabilities. Clear hierarchy makes collective action possible - someone must lead and others must follow. Loyalty to the group and willingness to sacrifice for it are the measures of a person's worth. Commitment is total, half-measures and ambiguity are genuinely uncomfortable.
Life phase: youth.
Social unit: tribe, nation, movement.
Social structure: monocentric - single axis of command, all others subordinate.
Key spheres: politics, military, religion - power is the primary lever of social change.
Time: mythologized past and projected destiny, time as the weight of collective obligation.
Mindset: mission.
Objective: earn and hold a clear position within the group hierarchy.
Action: commit fully to the cause, oppose enemies without hesitation.
Development: increase viability in direct forceful opposition.
Emotional baseline: intense and polarized, swinging between fierce elation and dark brooding hostility.
Era type: authoritarianism.
Shadow: individual human cost becomes invisible behind the mission, at the extreme the appetite for dominance becomes self-serving rather than collective.
Research Correlations
Statements (and clusters) most strongly associated with the small group "Beta"