ok so im not really sure if he refers to his ASPD this way because Khoa just personally identifies with "psychopath" or the writer didn't realize that psychopath isn't a diagnosis(depending on what year he was 8 in he probably wouldve been diagnosed with conduct disorder that later developed into ASPD). Anyways I wanted to talk about Khoa's neurodivergence. A lot of people either ignore his neurodivergence or vilify him for it and I don't see a lot of people talking about the sanism Khoa experienced as a child and how he internalized that. his school teachers showed their fear around him and his parents talked about being frightened by what he could become (said this while he was in the room). He's harmed his classmates and what I think happened was the adults around him responding by enforcing the idea that he's done this because he doesn't have the ability to care or fear and that empathy = morality(it doesn't, empathy just means you don't feel what others do. you can not know how someone feels and recognize an injustice has occurred.) so anyways Khoa has it reinforced that when he violates the rights of others it's because of his disorder and he cant have a real moral compass because of it so why would Khoa decide to stop harming others? Khoa's neurodivergence is apart of his identity and because of what he was told at such a young age he believes it is destiny for him to not be bound by what others feel. and when he harms others he might not feel bad about it, he might not feel guilt but he is NOT amoral and he is not incapable of recognizing other's pain(because that's not what low empathy means). He made the active choice to do something that (he at least believes) is fixing the world. every kind thing he does is framed through the lenses of just being manipulation so he does not claim there is good will behind his actions. he makes it clear he does this for himself and he claims he only cares about himself. he doesn't want to imply there's good will in him, it's unlikely people would even believe him
i think he does care though, in the sense that he wants to do good. regardless on if you think his methods are a moral good or productive, I do think he thinks he's doing right. I can't believe so many people can't see through the mask. He does have emotions and he does have morality. You just fell for the mask!
even batman knows he's lying to himself
