I think we should differentiate perspective taking & empathy. I can take the perspective of a fascist & understand them as a human agent—and thus better know how to combat them—but I could NEVER empathize or sympathize with them, bc they are so vile.
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This view doesn’t work with fascists, and some agents just plainly aren’t perceptibly rational or self interested in the way we normally think of it.
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That's dehumanization, which is an effect of moralistic judgement. I completely disagree with you since static images of ideological boundary do not define individuals, only mask them.
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Domination systems require: 1.Suppression of self 2.Moralistic judgments 3.Amtssprache ( an expression used by Nazi officials to describe a bureaucratic language that denies choice, with words like: “should,” “have to,” “ought.”) 4.The crucial concept of deserve -M. Rosenberg
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Those are necessary not sufficient. And there’s nothing inconsistent about being anti-retributivism and also still anti-fascist, and, in fact, i’ve written even on here several threads on the subject.
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