Hierarchical instinct is the first general factor of politics explaining most variance. Living things default to egalitarianism but become hierarchical. All humans possess authoritarian impulses to varying degrees alongside revolutionary and egalitarian ones. Lindy instinct favors tried-and-tested things independent of hierarchy or religion. Vetocratic instinct pushes consensus decisions to minimize risk and correlates negatively with hierarchy. Sacred instinct overrides normal value hierarchies for religion cults or taboos like race research. Revolutionary instinct evolved from prehistoric intergroup conflicts overthrowing weak leaders. Monarchism loads high on hierarchy authoritarianism lindy and sacred. Liberalism is pure vetocracy blocking revolution via rules. Political compass misses lindy and sacred dimensions. Moral foundations collapse into hierarchy-equality better. Equality efforts magnify phenotypic differences requiring coercion. Power concentration in few enables riskier decisions due to t-distributions. Ideologies serve feelings over logic loading on six instincts.