The mental gymnastics these fucks do to hold one side accountable for things they wouldn’t on their own side is some Biles level tumbling and flipping.
Once it’s no longer evidence-based and all actions are moral because God is on your side… there is no evil you won’t do, while feeling righteous the whole while.
I think there’s a good mix of both sides of that coin - plenty that a genuinely crazy and believe as you’ve stated, but another plenty that are just amoral and/or evil who just used the “mission from God” bullshit as a cover.
And if we were just talking about the general population at large, I would 100% agree, but I think the “bona fide diagnosable sociopathies and psychopathologies” are significantly overrepresented in people who obtain positions of power - especially the ones that end up in the news for stuff like this.
The mental gymnastics these fucks do to hold one side accountable for things they wouldn’t on their own side is some Biles level tumbling and flipping.
I couldn’t imagine being this devoid of values.
They’re on a mission from God. It’s faith-based.
Once it’s no longer evidence-based and all actions are moral because God is on your side… there is no evil you won’t do, while feeling righteous the whole while.
I think there’s a good mix of both sides of that coin - plenty that a genuinely crazy and believe as you’ve stated, but another plenty that are just amoral and/or evil who just used the “mission from God” bullshit as a cover.
Yes there exist bona fide diagnosable sociopathies and psychopathologies that can lead to “amorality”. But they’re pretty rare.
Much much more common is the insular thinking of an in-group in an information bubble. Especially, again, when that group values faith above reason
And if we were just talking about the general population at large, I would 100% agree, but I think the “bona fide diagnosable sociopathies and psychopathologies” are significantly overrepresented in people who obtain positions of power - especially the ones that end up in the news for stuff like this.