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Publicly embracing a taboo, extremist identity can function as a costly signal that builds political authenticity and loyalty.

Drawn from what Adam Tooze said

Subjectspoliticsbehavioural science
What these subjects mean

politics How people actually hold political views: tribes, partisanship, and whether anybody reasons their way in.

behavioural science Applying how people actually decide to policy, rather than assuming how they should.

Mental modelSignalling

What Adam Tooze actually said

  1. Adam Tooze Economic historian, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis…
    People who act and speak in public as right-wing extremists and are labeled as such, establish a claim to authenticity.

    Where this was said

    ↗Chartbook 473 Germany’s democratic earthquake: the AfD breakthrough in Sachsen-Anhalt and the question of an “alternative to the Alternative”.adamtooze.substack.com

    7 Sept 2026

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