• Good Monson@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    I mean, it seems beyond sociopath. Sociopath is lacking empathy, but to delight in someone else’s misery… it’s psychotic.

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      4 days ago

      Curious if you mean psychopathic?

      I mean, it’s easy to joke that Republicans suffer from psychoses (hallucinations and delusions) but in the context of extreme antisocial behavior and lack of empathy, psychopathic might be the right word.