In this essay he shows how they lost all empathy for anyone but themselves by being fans of Ayn Rand. He quotes Musk as saying: "The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy." And TrumPus identified with the protagonist in The Fountainhead. It's obvious in how they are gutting social programs while further enriching corporations and the wealthy. They are just the latest examples of the Party's long love affair with Rand, who exemplifies hatred for humanity at large.
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Hartmann: Repug Party's sociopathic war on empathy
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