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Phoenix61

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11. He lacks empathy and morally is a three year old.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 02:04 PM
Feb 1

He is incapable of assessing the long-term consequences of his actions. When he doesn’t get what he wants he lashes out in anger.
Kholberg’s Stages of Moral Development
The first stage ages 3-8
Pre conventional one of the attributes is…
Self-Centered Moral Reasoning
In this stage, children’s moral reasoning is often self-centered. They focus on how actions affect them personally, rather than on a broader understanding of fairness or ethics.

https://www.simplypsychology.org/kohlberg.html#Level-1-%E2%80%93-Preconventional-Morality
I don’t think he enjoys hurting others because that would require him to recognize another’s feelings and one needs empathy for that. He doesn’t care on a fundamentally non-human way.

M Scott Peck’s People of the Lie is a great read about people like him and a lot of others in the administration.

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Diagnostically difficult to say Fiendish Thingy Feb 1 #1
we can all agree that this guy IS a very strange (and repulsive) specimen stopdiggin Feb 1 #4
Out of curiosity, True Dough Feb 1 #6
Lots of Beatles fans would choose a TxGuitar Feb 1 #12
Malignant narcissism with sociopathy, imho, though I am not a credentialled expert. Nevertheless, I have 40+ artemisia1 Feb 1 #2
I think there's an element of insecurity to him, also... buzzycrumbhunger Feb 1 #13
"malignant narcissism" H2O Man Feb 1 #14
Shoved into too many school lockers n/t leftstreet Feb 1 #3
One more time! True Dough Feb 1 #8
Weld it orangecrush Feb 1 #21
He's no different from racists from the past. We are just not used to seeing it this close and up front tulipsandroses Feb 1 #5
No need to pathologize him. He's simply racist asshole. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 1 #7
Hard to say. I raised the question to a psychiatrist I know about why some people are evil, Ocelot II Feb 1 #9
Psychopath. Irish_Dem Feb 1 #10
I think he's on the low end of the Hitler - Pol Pot spectum orangecrush Feb 1 #16
He lacks empathy and morally is a three year old. Phoenix61 Feb 1 #11
Thank you orangecrush Feb 1 #17
Recommended. H2O Man Feb 1 #15
Thank you orangecrush Feb 1 #18
psych training - does watching newhart count? nt msongs Feb 1 #19
Of course orangecrush Feb 1 #22
He has extremely awkward mannerisms, especially when challenged. The way he speaks, shifts his eyes, AnotherMother4Peace Feb 1 #20
Thanks orangecrush Feb 1 #23
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