Mastodawn

Jun 2, 2025

"When a U.S. Senator mocks the fear of dying without Medicaid, it’s not just politics; it’s a warning siren for American democracy’s moral collapse. ...

Let’s call this what it is: the death of empathy in American governance.

Trump didn’t just give permission to behave like this; he made it aspirational."

~ Michael Cohen

#Trump #JoniErnst #Republicans #empathy #morality

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/the-death-of-empathy-in-american

The Death of Empathy in American Governance

When a U.S. Senator mocks the fear of dying without Medicaid, it’s not just politics; it’s a warning siren for American democracy’s moral collapse.

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Miro Collas Jun 2, 2025

@wdlindsy Empathy in governance died a long time ago. Some of us are old enough to remember the mantra "Think of number one!", which was propaganda to reduce empathy in the population as a whole. It has worked quite well, tragically.

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Alberto Rodrigues

@Miro_Collas @wdlindsy Empathy is a metric given by a precisely brain biochemistry if given parameters may perform well folks shall feel emphatically strong desire to share help be cooperative etc On the contrary if the metrics are not optimized depend on the levels they can adopt psychopath behaviours.