{"id":49215,"date":"2026-07-15T23:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=49215"},"modified":"2026-07-15T23:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:17:02","slug":"book-conservatism-americas-personality-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/book-conservatism-americas-personality-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Book: \u201cConservatism: America\u2019s Personality Disorder\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1751478112i\/237825421.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conservatism: America\u2019s Personality Disorder<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/23094127.Christopher_Armitage\">Christopher Armitage<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/57467147.D_Carl_Brown\">D. Carl Brown<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>AMERICA\u2019S PERSONALITY DISORDER<\/strong><\/em><br><br>Conservatives often defend policies that feel hard-hearted. Why? Christopher Armitage and D. Carl Brown argue the root problem is a measurable empathy gap, not mere ideology.<br><br>Their concise analysis shows how this gap drives positions on poverty, immigration, pollution, reproductive rights, and LGBTQ+ equality, hurting millions while claiming virtue.<br><br>Grounded in psychology and real-world data, this book reframes the culture war and offers a path toward compassion-led politics.<br><br>Christopher Armitage is an Air Force veteran and researcher in psychology, law enforcement, and public policy.<br><br>D. Carl Brown is a clinical psychologist who studies empathy and personality in political behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the author<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bathtubbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-61.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75589\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/23094127.Christopher_Armitage\">Christopher Armitage<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservatism: America\u2019s Personality Disorder Christopher Armitage,&nbsp;D. Carl Brown AMERICA\u2019S PERSONALITY DISORDER Conservatives often defend policies that feel hard-hearted. Why? Christopher Armitage and D. Carl Brown argue the root problem is a measurable empathy gap, not mere ideology. Their concise analysis shows how this gap drives positions on poverty, immigration, pollution,&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/book-conservatism-americas-personality-disorder\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1945],"tags":[2203,2204,2202],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49216,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49215\/revisions\/49216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}