Woke empathy
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This is an ideological commitment. As Sowell explains, that is the difference between the tragic vision and the vision of the anointed. The former believes that imperfection and brokenness is part of the human condition. But the latter believes in the perfectability of society and humans, and believes that the only problem is that others are not as wise and enlightened as they are.
The latter vision basically requires you to view your opponents as malignant and malevolent, which is why that is so common on the left.
Most people have a mixture of the two visions. These are ideal types. It is just a predisposition to view your opponents as evil if you think every problem springs from their lack of virtue and wisdom, rather than the fact that human life and human civilization will always be imperfect and that we need the best structures to deal with these imperfections and minimize them.