This gave CA a way to cultivate more punitive views toward “the other.” If the world is fair and governed by a just God, then refugees are suffering for a reason. Over time, subjects would increasingly discount examples of valid refugee claims under U.S. law and instead focus on how and why the claimants should be punished. And in some cases, the stronger the refugee claim, the harsher the responses. The targets were less and less concerned with hypothetical refugees and more concerned with maintaining the consistency of their worldview. If you are strongly invested in the idea that the world
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