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makes us democrats and is now becoming the defining characteristic af te democratic party-namely, empathy.
They don't get it, don't care, or actively enjoy the pain and consternation they can and do cause other humans. The binding element that causes them to act occasionally as though they are not totally anti-social is always some form of selfishness.
Being married, for example, is often the chemical "in love" that promotes sex coupled with an unwholesome mix of control, narcissism-in the form of a trophy wife-greed, on and on. It is never a relationship based on the true "agape" love that demonstrates itself in giving and thoughtfulness of the sensibilities of another being.
The task of sorting out whether it is we who represent normal, or they, is a difficult one and is at the heart of political electoral battles.
Explaining to people who are allergic to politics that it ain't politics but the playing out of the battle around sanity/insanity, love and close relationships, man's inhumanity to man, greed and slavery can be a daunting task, as well.
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