Somebody reported me for using the words "sociopath" and "evolutionary failure" in my post about Texas and the way it funded Bitcoin miners in the middle of a heatwave.

First, I'm sorry if those words offended anyone who has autism or is sensible to the topic of autism. That definitely wasn't my intention.

Second, reading a bit the context around those words (instead of passively triggering whenever those words are used) would have helped notice that my post was nothing about autism and all about the pathological lack of empathy of the ultra-capitalist.

I reserve my right to use the word "sociopath" when referring to many cryptobros, traders and anarco-capitalism supporters because that's semantically and technically the right term to use.

Somebody a few years ago even managed to prove that many Wall Street traders had genuine sociopath traits, often more pronounced than people who were convicted for rape and murder: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisbarth/2011/09/26/new-study-old-news-stock-traders-are-psychopaths/

A sociopath, in this context, is somebody who struggles to feel any kind of empathy or connection to other humans, and doesn't feel like anybody should get any support regardless of the situation.

Read some comments on my post, where somebody literally said "if you care so much about the poor dying off in the heat then move to Venezuela", or "who cares if cryptobros push up electricity prices even for the least wealthy", and you'll find the textbook definition of sociopath.

I also reserve myself the right to call these people evolutionary failures.

That's because even more primitive species than ours have a sense of community, survival of their species as a whole, mutual support and fair access to shares resources. And those are also the traits that allowed our species to thrive, set up the first settlements and expand them into large functional cities with shared rules.

If somebody doesn't feel even remotely disturbed at the idea of another human struggling or dying because of systematically unfair situations, then "evolutionary failure" is semantically and technically the right term to use, because it means that their emotional intelligence and sense of community is more primitive than that of a bee.

To those who reported me: please next time look where I'm pointing instead of staring at my finger.

And be more mindful of your own triggers. Throwing words like "racist, eugenetics and ableist" to someone as soon as you read some words, without reading the context around them, doesn't make discourse any better. If you have doubts or concerns about my use of words, just write to me and I'm happy to clarify - I don't bite and I'm definitely not a far right troll.