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If we had empathy with Germany in the 1930s would we have stopped Hitler before he forced us into war?
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I think that empathy would have been needed in the 1920s, in the 1930s it would have been to late to prevent the war.
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Any fair and analytical assessment would say after.
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I think when you take any date a fair assessment would say afterwards.
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Empathy is about understanding. We empathesize with our best friend and we must empathesize with our worst enemy.
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I think that is also important when it comes to politicans like Bush. It's vitally important to understand the framework in which those people make their decisions.
Just saying he is evil leads to problems.