I think the sociopathy resides mostly with the power elites as they are making very bad decisions contemptuous of the social good and with no regard consequences. The apologists are mainly the "groupies" of the power elites parroting reassuring lies rather than addressing the inconvenient truths that are manifest.
I would say thst too many of the apologists are basically sociopaths.
They're lying, they know that they're lying, but the rewards are better for lying and there are consequences for telling the truth, so they lie.
I think the sociopathy resides mostly with the power elites as they are making very bad decisions contemptuous of the social good and with no regard consequences. The apologists are mainly the "groupies" of the power elites parroting reassuring lies rather than addressing the inconvenient truths that are manifest.
Perhaps. I see the apologists as being like smirking Renaissance courtiers, same glib rationalizations but no colorful costumes.