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According to the System Justification Theory by Jost Banaji people are motivated to defend existing social arrangements, often at the expense of their personal and group interests. It can be seen in legitimation of the status quo, out-group favoritism and in increased system justification among members of groups that are most discriminated by that system. Although large body of research supports this theory, there is also growing evidence that the motivation to justify the system is not universal for all societies. In the following paper author discusses differences in need for system justification between citizens of countries with a long tradition of capitalism and citizens of post-communist countries and their possible political implications.