“Nigel Cawthorne, author of Sex Lives of the Great Dictators, says the average tyrant and absolute despot seems incapable of experiencing love in the same way as the average human being.”
It’s called being a sociopath, or criminally insane, Nigel.
I have noticed the same thing with hard-core leftists around Boulder, CO. They seem to treat others with disdain and a certain amount of hatred.