GOP 'sociopaths' live among us — and it's 'contagious': neuroscientist
GOP 'sociopaths' live among us — and it's 'contagious': neuroscientist
Sociopaths, a term often used to describe those living with antisocial personality disorder, operate within their daily lives without a “conscience,” can be characterized as acting without feelings of guilt, remorse, or shame coupled with a tendency to reject the concept of responsibility.Antisocial...
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I was expecting some kind of analysis showing that otherwise normal people who adopted GOP politics simultaneously transitioned to showing sociopathic behavior, like in a measurable, scientific way. Instead the author gives a definition of sociopathy ("acting without feelings of guilt, remorse, or shame coupled with a tendency to reject the concept of responsibility") and proceeds to label the policy positions and enacted laws of the GOP as sociopathic.
Applying neuroscience terms developed for individual people to actions of groups does not seem scientific at all. Isn't that the field of sociology? I'm not really sure how such a labeling helps the conversation, especially from a neuroscientist. I don't disagree with the positions, but this isn't neuroscience, so I can't really take this author as any sort of authority or expert on this; I feel like this article has the same level of expertise as a Lemmy comment (like mine).
I was really hoping for some theory of how sociopathy could be contagious. Nothing. I'ts just name-calling.
Ron was a gitmo guard. I'd need to see prior records of behavioral tendencies to say he became one of the latent, but opportunistic tendencies were there.