Well, there are associations between empathy and the temperaments. But that is something that needs and awful lot of study as opposed to trying to post it as comments on a forum.I see your point now; thanks. But I'll argue that conservatives are capable of feeling empathy and still making the right logical choices. Real empathy understands the concept of give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
We have compassion and empathy for the poor but we understand that feeding them perpetuates their poverty. Fighting government to improve schools and demanding personal accountability and responsibility will lead them into a lifetime of success.
We are conservatives because of our empathy for the poor. Liberals are liberal because of their pity for the poor.
If Trump went bankrupt and became poor, would you pity and have empathy for Trump?
And rather than fight government, why work with them and vote for the independent candidate that would make a politician. Both in the UK and US, the majority seem stuck with tunnel vision of two parties.
I don't normally vote in local elections, I normally just vote Tory in the general election, but this time, I voted for the Green candidate in the local election, simply because he got off his backside to come see the constituents. The Tory guy ignored the affluent side of the town because his stuck up belief they would vote for him anyhow. As for the general election, I think I'll vote for a party other than Conservative and Labour, I'm kinda fed up with them. Different party, same shit.