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.
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.