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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 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