I’m reading his book hillbilly elegy, it amazes me that someone could go through such terrible things and come out of it with 1) so little self awareness. And 2) so little empathy for others. Especially when my life experience is so similar (I lost my brother to a heroin overdose) and it had the opposite effect.
I think it’s heavily made up and he’s just a sociopath, a highly ambitious sociopath who will do and say whatever it takes to attain power, ya know your average Republican politician
Unfortunately, those experiences only lend lessons to those willing to accept them. Some people come out hateful, other people seek control they never had previously, it becomes obsessive. Even Ayaan Hirshi Ali has regressed from criticizing oppressive religious groups to full throatedly hating BLM and “wokeism.” Disappointments abound in the conservative movement.
I’m reading his book hillbilly elegy, it amazes me that someone could go through such terrible things and come out of it with 1) so little self awareness. And 2) so little empathy for others. Especially when my life experience is so similar (I lost my brother to a heroin overdose) and it had the opposite effect.
I think it’s heavily made up and he’s just a sociopath, a highly ambitious sociopath who will do and say whatever it takes to attain power, ya know your average Republican politician
Probably because those things didn’t actually happen.
Unfortunately, those experiences only lend lessons to those willing to accept them. Some people come out hateful, other people seek control they never had previously, it becomes obsessive. Even Ayaan Hirshi Ali has regressed from criticizing oppressive religious groups to full throatedly hating BLM and “wokeism.” Disappointments abound in the conservative movement.