Like the poor lack empathy and then as you go up the bell curve empathy rises, maxing out at middle class, and then again falling as you start hitting being rich?

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    I’m on the fence here. I won’t rule out your claim, as sadism could be a perversion of empathy.

    But, I think they recognize and enjoy the suffering BECAUSE they lack empathy, and it’s the feeling of power over another that drives them.

    The human mind is a messy place, especially when you start analyzing psychopaths.