An Increase in Social Tightness

According to an article written all about tight and loose cultures we see, from this quote, what the effects of a tight culture are. It also help us to grasp why it rose in relevance as Trump rose to power. It’s also key to note that cultural tightness involves cultural inertia which is a resistance to change unless it is already occurring. (Mr et al., 2023, p. 2).

This quote illustrates that what happens when a threat arises, or is created, is more of a tight society. The last line perfectly sums up what the rise of Trump did and what he specifically did. Whether he created a threat that his supporters believed heavily in, or was the threat his opposition feared so, it was a threat none the less. (Gelfand et al., 2011, p. 1101)