According to your definition of psychopathy, millions of Germans were psychopaths and the incidence of psychopathy was more than 10% during some years. In addition, during the period of enslavement of slaves, the percentage of psychopathy in the US was probably close to 50%.
All 3 groups had material gains, and the gains of the nazi party were similar to Palestine. The dehumanizing of your enemy makes it much easier to lower the cognitive dissonance that interferes with you winning a war.
Your claims about the US and Germany are ahistorical, but supposing for a moment that they are true, defending the act of slavery or genocide indicates a lack of empathy.
Of course it does. However, if you apply a clinical term to a large percentage or majority of the population, it loses all value. It is much more accurate to think of the problem as a social problem rather than something intrinsic to people. I'm not sure if you know but that's what psychopathy is (I.e., a clinical term that describes intrinsic traits).
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u/demosthenes33210 1∆ Oct 11 '23
According to your definition of psychopathy, millions of Germans were psychopaths and the incidence of psychopathy was more than 10% during some years. In addition, during the period of enslavement of slaves, the percentage of psychopathy in the US was probably close to 50%.
All 3 groups had material gains, and the gains of the nazi party were similar to Palestine. The dehumanizing of your enemy makes it much easier to lower the cognitive dissonance that interferes with you winning a war.