I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything on Twitter that hits the nail on the head more than this:
A lot of my disagreements with liberals or conservatives basically comes down to this pic.twitter.com/gAOuUIScHH
— Mac đ˝ (@GoodPoliticGuy) November 28, 2020
The question approaches that of psychopathy or sociopathy in which
People like this [with antisocial personality disorder] have a poor inner sense of right and wrong. They also canât seem to understand or share another personâs feelings. . . . Someone with this personality type sees others as objects he can use for his own benefit.[1]
Indeed, this is another reason for regarding capitalism as criminal,[2] as this economic ideology inherently reduces some human beings to means to others’ (the rich and powerful) ends.[3] Read more
- [1]Kara Mayer Robinson, “Sociopath vs. Psychopath: Whatâs the Difference?” WebMD, 2014, https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/sociopath-psychopath-difference↩
- [2]David Benfell, “We are reaping what we have sown,” Not Housebroken, November 21, 2020, https://disunitedstates.org/2020/11/21/we-are-reaping-what-we-have-sown/↩
- [3]Lawrence M. Hinman, Contemporary Moral Issues, 4th ed. (Boston: Pearson, 2013).↩