Empathy and libertarianism

Monfd
Here's an interaction I've had with right-wing libertarians:
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no, it has a bunch of amendmends, you may have heard of them
Monfd
1.Do you agree libertarians have the highest average IQ of libertarians, liberals, and conservatives? 'Yes.'
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2.Do you agree libertarians have the lowest average empathy of libertarians, liberals, and conservatives? 'Yes.'
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3.Do you agree the research indicates empathy is a critical cognitive trait in order to make good decisions in a complex society with large amounts of people in different circumstances? "Not really."
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4.Oh, that wasn't my opinion -- the research indicates that; it's a fact like the IQ thing. "Sure."
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5.So, do you agree on average that right-wing libertarians have a mental defect of decreased empathy they need to mindfully compensate for by remembering they have low-empathy? "No."
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6.Oh, no, 6 follows from 2-4. "Yeah, but I don't feel empathy is that important."
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Monfd
7.Sure, but that's your non-empathy mind telling you that -- that's what it means do not have much empathy -- to not think it's especially important to be empathetic. That's the thing you learned from science in 2-4 that you have mindfully compensate for as we addressed in 5-6. "I don't think empathy is important."
Monfd
This is why I think an important part of right-wing libertarianism is a mental defect.
Monfd
I do continue to like some of the intellectual pillars of libertarianism.
Monfd
I think it can be integrated into a more comprehensive subsuming ideology.