Jan 30, 2020, 7:02 PM
—“There seems to be a huge empathy deficit in the Far East. Intra-human cruelty can be brought on by moral violations, rather than an empathy deficit. But animals can’t violate, so….”– a friend.
The sphere of demand for empathy increases with the sphere of demand for cooperation. The chinese are disturbing because despite their long history of civilization that have an equally long history of disregard for human life, lack of responsibility for non-family members, lack of responsibility for the commons, and murderousness against their people that never existed in european civilization’s or indian civilization’s history.
Look at how humans are displayed in chinese art, literature, and law., Compare to how they are depicted in greek, roman, continental, and anglo european art and literature. Art is the psychology of
People are unattractive and despicable in much of chinese art. Once you see it you can’t unsee it. Compare with how the exceptional human form was central to european art.
Videos today are very telling. And so we have evidence from around the world every day. Chinese stand by as children are kidnapped in broad daylight, or rapes are conduced in broad daylight. In general, asian civilization is relatively peaceful but it’s also, in its own way, despicable – just as their ‘face before truth’ is despicable by our standards.