Consuetudinism

Consuetudinism is a system of thought which revolves around the conflation of moral character with "nonverbal communication" skills. According to Consuetudinists, many of the world's problems are caused by a small group of Psychopaths, Sociopaths, and Narcissists, who are distinguished from normal people by their lack of "empathy." The United States is the global center of Consuetudinism. The school of thought has been spread across the world through American education and Evangelical Christianity. The term Consuetudinism comes from the Latin word "consuetudo" which refers to an informal and unwritten rule, as opposed to formal, written customs (which in Latin are referred to as "mores").

Consuetudinism was born in the mid-to-late 20th century out of the combination of three separate fallacies. Sometimes it is still useful to analyze the behaviors and beliefs of Consuetudinists in terms of these seperate ideas:

Cultivationism: The belief that good people are characterized by their ability to sense and feel the right things at the right times.

The opposite of Cultivationism is Subjectionism: the idea that moral virtue comes from knowledge of, recitation of, and submission to some body of texts.

Rapportism: The belief that whatever is evil necessarily damages relationships, whereas whatever is good necessarily protects and deepens relationships. The belief that evil people are distinguished by their lack of access to friendship, trust, and intimacy.

The opposite of Rapportism is Conjurationism: the belief that the forces of evil are inherently organized, competent, and sociable; the idea that good and evil people form two parallel societies.

Anti-Authorialism: The belief that it is possible (and in fact, fairly common) for Person A to understand Person B better than Person B understands himself. The belief that it is possible to "read" other people's thoughts and feelings. The belief that people need friends in order to understand themselves. The belief that a person is not the highest authority (nor the second highest authority after God) concerning his own thoughts and feelings.

The opposite of Anti-Authorialism is Authorialism: the belief that every person is a black box; that you cannot know what a person is thinking or feeling unless he chooses to make it known to you, and even then, he could be lying