--- title: "3 Moral Matrix Quotes by 1 author" description: "Browse 3 Moral Matrix quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Moral Matrix sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/jonathan-haidt-1823_america_if-you-think-half-of-america-votes-badly_182322.jpg" --- > [If you think half of America votes badly because they are stupid or religious, you are trapped in a matrix ... Take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/if-you-think-half-of-america-votes-badly-because-they-are-stupid-or/) [Jonathan Haidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-haidt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/jonathan-haidt-1823_america_if-you-think-half-of-america-votes-badly_182322.jpg) > [“Let me state clearly that moral capital is not always an unalloyed good. Moral capital leads automatically to the suppression of free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/let-me-state-clearly-that-moral-capital-is-not-always-an-unalloyed/) [Jonathan Haidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-haidt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/jonathan-haidt-1823_better-job_let-me-state-clearly-that-moral-capital_431673.jpg) > [“Religions are moral exoskeletons. If you live in a religious community, you are enmeshed in a set of norms, relationships, and institutions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/religions-are-moral-exoskeletons-if-you-live-in-a-religious-community/) [Jonathan Haidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-haidt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/jonathan-haidt-1823_habits_religions-are-moral-exoskeletons-if-you_2102548.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral-matrix/#itemlist", "name": "Moral Matrix Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you think half of America votes badly because they are stupid or religious, you are trapped in a matrix ... Take the red pill, learn some moral psychology and step outside the moral matrix.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan Haidt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/if-you-think-half-of-america-votes-badly-because-they-are-stupid-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/jonathan-haidt-1823_america_if-you-think-half-of-america-votes-badly_182322.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/jonathan-haidt-1823_america_if-you-think-half-of-america-votes-badly_182322.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/jonathan-haidt-1823_america_if-you-think-half-of-america-votes-badly_182322.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you think half of America votes badly because they are stupid or religious, you are trapped in a matrix…” — Jonathan Haidt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Let me state clearly that moral capital is not always an unalloyed good. Moral capital leads automatically to the suppression of free riders, but it does not lead automatically to other forms of fairness such as equality of opportunity. And while high moral capital helps a community to function efficiently, the community can use that efficiency to inflict harm on other communities. High moral capital can be obtained within a cult or a fascist nation, as long as most people truly accept the prevailing moral matrix. Nonetheless, if you are trying to change an organization or a society and you do not consider the effects of your changes on moral capital, you’re asking for trouble. This, I believe, is the fundamental blind spot of the left. It explains why liberal reforms so often backfire,43 and why communist revolutions usually end up in despotism. It is the reason I believe that liberalism—which has done so much to bring about freedom and equal opportunity—is not sufficient as a governing philosophy. It tends to overreach, change too many things too quickly, and reduce the stock of moral capital inadvertently. Conversely, while conservatives do a better job of preserving moral capital, they often fail to notice certain classes of victims, fail to limit the predations of certain powerful interests, and fail to see the need to change or update institutions as times change.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan Haidt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/let-me-state-clearly-that-moral-capital-is-not-always-an-unalloyed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/jonathan-haidt-1823_better-job_let-me-state-clearly-that-moral-capital_431673.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/jonathan-haidt-1823_better-job_let-me-state-clearly-that-moral-capital_431673.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/jonathan-haidt-1823_better-job_let-me-state-clearly-that-moral-capital_431673.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let me state clearly that moral capital is not always an unalloyed good. 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When societies lose their grip on individuals, allowing all to do as they please, the result is often a decrease in happiness and an increase in suicide, as Durkheim showed more than a hundred years ago.64 Societies that forgo the exoskeleton of religion should reflect carefully on what will happen to them over several generations. We don’t really know, because the first atheistic societies have only emerged in Europe in the last few decades. They are the least efficient societies ever known at turning resources (of which they have a lot) into offspring (of which they have few). 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