for: system justification theory, status quo bias, question - lack of commensurate action

summary

• Supporting their hypotheses, the authors identify a general trend that social marginalization is associated with less system-justification.
• Those benefitting from the status quo (e.g., healthier, wealthier, less lonely) were more likely to hold system-justifying beliefs.
• However, some groups who are disadvantaged within the existing system reported higher system-justification—suggesting that
  • system oppression may be a key moderator of the effect of social position on system justification.

Question

• The question here is this:
  • Can system justification theory be applied to explain why the majority of citizens, even though they are aware that the current fossil fuel energy system must be rapidly scaled down, there is no commensurate sense of emergency of concomitant action?