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Originally Posted by leebase
And does reading Mien Kampf, jihadist propaganda, right wing books...promote empathy?
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No idea of the first two, but I suspect "right wing" books would be more empathetic than "left wing" books. After all, the former try to get you to sympathize with the person who worked hard for what they have, only to have the government seize it, while the latter try to villify anyone who has accumulated resources regardless of means, including by working or by their parents working.
Incidentally, Mien Kampf was left-wing, not right-wing, also. Hitler demonized bankers, attacked big business, hated the Jews... and was primarily about the "idea" that the masses could be galvanized into action via radical thinking, rather like the Occupy/99% group.
The real irony? I'm neither right-wing nor conservative. I volunteer at prisons, coached special olympics for over a decade, did not vote Republican in 2008 and give lots of money to conservation. But I'm further away from a redistributionist, males-are-evil, anti-business left wing. Now, if you want to discuss the middle...
