In a speech in the 20s, Hitler was complaining about German soldiers who were kept as POWs long after French, English, and American troops had been released. He blamed this on the Jews, who he considered to be in charge of Wiemar Germany.
To this point he said that one day he’d see the Jews in camps; to see how they like it. Hitler recognized the Jewish people’s capacity to suffer. That was the point.
The Sadist must be empathetic. How can you enjoy someone’s suffering if you can’t recognize it?
The truth is that empathy is present and necessary for the worst kinds of Evil.
if i observe that my computer “wants” more disk space to run better is that empathetic?
psychopaths put a lot of effort into understanding how normal people think and feel to mimic it… it’s not empathy.
sadism is about power over people… it’s not empathizing with their suffering, it’s controlling it and owning the other person….
I disagree, I can see trump uncomfortable with people making fun of him to his face or ask “nasty” questions. I feel nothing and I’m generally an empathetic person. I can recognize it without feeling anything about it.
In a speech in the 20s, Hitler was complaining about German soldiers who were kept as POWs long after French, English, and American troops had been released. He blamed this on the Jews, who he considered to be in charge of Wiemar Germany.
To this point he said that one day he’d see the Jews in camps; to see how they like it. Hitler recognized the Jewish people’s capacity to suffer. That was the point.
The Sadist must be empathetic. How can you enjoy someone’s suffering if you can’t recognize it?
The truth is that empathy is present and necessary for the worst kinds of Evil.
if i observe that my computer “wants” more disk space to run better is that empathetic?
psychopaths put a lot of effort into understanding how normal people think and feel to mimic it… it’s not empathy.
sadism is about power over people… it’s not empathizing with their suffering, it’s controlling it and owning the other person….
I disagree, I can see trump uncomfortable with people making fun of him to his face or ask “nasty” questions. I feel nothing and I’m generally an empathetic person. I can recognize it without feeling anything about it.
Recognizing what people feel and feeling what other people feel are two vastly different things.
I like to point to this video, as it made me understand the psychology of sociopaths: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTWNnmymMc4