Why do so many Trump supporters share psychological traits with incarcerated populations? Why does cruelty consistently poll well on the American right?
After eight years in Air Force Security Forces and time as a corrections officer, I noticed something that clinical research confirms: empathy deficit disorders track almost perfectly with authoritarian politics.
This book, co-authored with retired clinical psychologist D. Carl Brown, PhD, connects the dots between neuroscience, moral psychology, and the policy fights tearing America apart. From immigration to climate denial to bodily autonomy, the pattern is the same: a measurable inability to feel what others feel.
314 pages. Peer-reviewed sources. Zero punches pulled.
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