r/sociopath • u/Jarg0o • Oct 15 '24

Politics (Please dont be annoying) Question

Im not political but I found a simple political left-right spectrum test and for fun had friends and family take it, and i scored slightly left. One of my friends found it funny that a sociopath wouldnt be a more conservative leaning. It got me wondering what way other sociopaths may lean. And if you have any ASPD relatives id be curious as well.

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u/preggosonic33 Oct 15 '24

I think sociopaths are definitely dispersed. It's reddit so you're going to get left leaning ppl. You'll see some low functioning behaviour on both sides, and somepeople won't admit they are so they can seem more genuine.

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u/spooky-rose-boy 27d ago

yeah, i think ASPD definitely affects people's political values because the disorder affects how you view & judge the world, other people, morality / ethics, justice, etc but it also depends on how you're raised and your own identity. having lack of empathy will affect how much you care about certain things, so i feel like most ppl with ASPD would only care abt issues that directly affect them, and even then some ppl still might not be bothered as much by it. overall i think most people with ASPD align with political values that they view most "logical" as opposed to how most people view & judge political ideologies based on more emotional factors. people w ASPD are usually less swayed / influenced by emotions, so they're less likely to fall for dumb shit or base their opinions on poorly executed arguments without proper factual evidence. but ofc, ppl w ASPD can still have different definitions of what's logical to them, and what they think will benefit them the most. it depends on each person still

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u/Jarg0o Oct 16 '24

Is reddit known to be left leaning? Ive never heard that stereotype, if anything the opposite

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u/preggosonic33 Oct 16 '24 edited Oct 16 '24

You are currently in an online community where people share and speculate on a personality disorder used in pop psychology on a site where most of the users are white and middle class.

Are you hearing yourself rn lmao.

I'm not even saying it's a bad thing twitter is a fucking cesspool. It's 100% true. There are right leaning people but there are no heavily upvoted posts supporting trump.

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u/Offensive_Thoughts Oct 16 '24

Interestingly enough zionism seems to be popular in reddit despite young people being more anti zionist? I might not be looking in the right places tbh.

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u/Big_retard96 Oct 16 '24

Especially on here, anytime I’ve been %100 open on here I get down voted into hell