The Psychology Used to Silence You - Barry's Economics
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Why you're not wrong:
In this video, I break down the psychological and social mechanisms used (often unconsciously) to silence people when they talk about a Wealth Tax or Capital Taxation.
Key social-psychology theories & studies referenced
EMOTIONAL DISMISSAL / INVALIDATION
Katz & Gottman (1999) – Emotion dismissing vs emotion coaching.
Defines emotional dismissal as minimising or reframing emotional reactions as irrational.
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1999-02470-005
TESTIMONIAL INJUSTICE (DISMISSING CREDIBILITY DUE TO EMOTION / IDENTITY)
Miranda Fricker (2007) – Epistemic Injustice: Power & the Ethics of Knowing.
Foundational work on how people’s testimony is dismissed as “irrational” due to prejudice.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/epistemic-injustice-9780198237907
Pohlhaus (2012) – Relational knowing and epistemic injustice.
Shows how dominant groups misread anger from marginalised groups as “bias” or “irrationality.”
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41349563
Medina (2012) – Hermeneutical injustice and social marginalisation.
Explores how emotions linked to injustice get reframed as personal flaws.
https://philpapers.org/rec/MEDHI
EMOTION STEREOTYPING & STATUS-BASED CREDIBILITY BIAS
Tiedens (2001) – Anger and advancement.
High-status people’s anger = “powerful”; low-status people’s anger = “irrational / emotional.”
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-05102-012
Ridgeway (2014) – Why status matters.
Explains how emotion and credibility are evaluated differently based on social rank.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2378023114548573
SYSTEM JUSTIFICATION THEORY (DEFENDING THE STATUS QUO)
Jost et al. (2018) – A Quarter-Century of System Justification Theory.
Overview of why people defend systems even when they’re unfair.
https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/psychology/documents/facultypublications/johnjost/A%20Quarter%20Century%20of%20System%20Justification%20Theory.pdf
Caricati (2020) – System justification among the disadvantaged.
Shows how even those harmed by the system may internalise system-defending beliefs.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00040/full
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In this video, I break down the psychological and social mechanisms used (often unconsciously) to silence people when they talk about a Wealth Tax or Capital Taxation.
Key social-psychology theories & studies referenced
EMOTIONAL DISMISSAL / INVALIDATION
Katz & Gottman (1999) – Emotion dismissing vs emotion coaching.
Defines emotional dismissal as minimising or reframing emotional reactions as irrational.
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1999-02470-005
TESTIMONIAL INJUSTICE (DISMISSING CREDIBILITY DUE TO EMOTION / IDENTITY)
Miranda Fricker (2007) – Epistemic Injustice: Power & the Ethics of Knowing.
Foundational work on how people’s testimony is dismissed as “irrational” due to prejudice.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/epistemic-injustice-9780198237907
Pohlhaus (2012) – Relational knowing and epistemic injustice.
Shows how dominant groups misread anger from marginalised groups as “bias” or “irrationality.”
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41349563
Medina (2012) – Hermeneutical injustice and social marginalisation.
Explores how emotions linked to injustice get reframed as personal flaws.
https://philpapers.org/rec/MEDHI
EMOTION STEREOTYPING & STATUS-BASED CREDIBILITY BIAS
Tiedens (2001) – Anger and advancement.
High-status people’s anger = “powerful”; low-status people’s anger = “irrational / emotional.”
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-05102-012
Ridgeway (2014) – Why status matters.
Explains how emotion and credibility are evaluated differently based on social rank.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2378023114548573
SYSTEM JUSTIFICATION THEORY (DEFENDING THE STATUS QUO)
Jost et al. (2018) – A Quarter-Century of System Justification Theory.
Overview of why people defend systems even when they’re unfair.
https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/psychology/documents/facultypublications/johnjost/A%20Quarter%20Century%20of%20System%20Justification%20Theory.pdf
Caricati (2020) – System justification among the disadvantaged.
Shows how even those harmed by the system may internalise system-defending beliefs.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00040/full
Support Barry’s Economics
Help us stay independent and keep making videos like this.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics
https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics
https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics
Subscribe for future videos: https://www.youtube.com/@barryeconomics
More about me: https://barryferns.co.uk/
You can also follow me on
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@barryferns
Instagram: instagram.com/barrybarryferns
Twitter: twitter.com/barryferns
🙏 If you’re new to this, check out @garyseconomics first – his channel gives the structural and financial perspective. This one adds the lived, social and emotional side.
Support Gary's Wealth Tax Campaign Here: https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00
🎭 Want to see the stand-up side of all this?
Find my live comedy and storytelling here:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns
To learn more about my comedy club, Angel Comedy, and buy tickets for shows head here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/
#BarrysEconomics #GarysEconomics #Inequality #BehaviouralEconomics #SocialJustice #BarryFerns #ComedyWithDepth
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