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Psychopaths have the ability to not feel other people's pain. Super important distinction. Unless you're just hate-mongering. In which case sure, they're as goo
by MawNicker 10y ago
Psychopaths have the ability to not feel other people's pain. Super important distinction. Unless you're just hate-mongering. In which case sure, they're as good a scapegoat as any.
- chillacy 10y agoThere seems to be some evidence that people who are highly psychopathic do have underlying physiological differences which give rise to reduced empathy: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090804090946.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090804090946.h... I think we all have the ability to not feel another's pain. For instance, dehumanization is a classic technique in war propaganda.
- MawNicker 10y agoMy notion of these people (developmental and increasingly genetic) is that they exist as the scar tissue of humanity. I fear this new propaganda will only leave more scars than the old.