From this week’s coming interesting reading post:
“Is Conservatism a Personality Disorder? The Psychology of the Empathy Deficit” https://youtu.be/hwjjVa3sBDA “Thom Hartmann sits down with Christopher Armitage — journalist, criminal justice researcher, and former law enforcement officer—to discuss his provocative piece, “Conservatism: America’s Personality Disorder” (see also https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/conservatism-americas-personality). Armitage shares his firsthand observations from working within the prison system, where he noted a striking overlap between the psychological traits of hardened inmates and the rhetoric of modern conservative media. His book: “Conservatism: America's Personality Disorder” - https://amzn.to/4yyFj2M (covers matters such as teaching empathy in schools etc Pub. independently, 2025, ISBN 9798290573236; https://www.amazon.com.au/Conservatism-Americas-Personality-Christopher-Armitage-ebook/dp/B0FGDXSH4M ) The conversation explores the biological basis of empathy, the role of mirror neurons, and why figures like Elon Musk view empathy as a “bug” in Western civilisation. Thom and Christopher also discuss the “spoils system” of political disinformation, the impact of childhood trauma on leaders like D_n_ldoTr_mp, and whether cognitive empathy can actually be taught in schools ...”
Hmm ... I am going to have to think about this - and maybe read the book. Every time I start to write a comment, multiple other aspects crop up - e.g., “is this an outcome of recent, post-neoliberalism versions of conservatism?” is met by “how do we know what the older versions of conservatism were really like, given the historical damage of patriarchy?”
On the other hand, I absolutely support the teaching of empathy.
Possible flaws
Where I can, I will try to highlightopossible flaws / issues youoshouldoconsider:
- there mayobe flawedologicaloarguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan Myers’ freeoonline course “Clear and Present Thinking”;
- I could be wrong - so keep your thinkingocaps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
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