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I think you may be mistaking being taught to have a drive for success as greed or a lust for power. Again, I cant speak for all members of America, but in my personal experience and those that are around me have all been taught to be motivated as well as earnest in helping those around us. 
As for the remark on Capitalism, it is a economic system and does no desire to destroy/create, it is merely a tool that can be used for good or bad, and has its flaws just like other economic systems.
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What you wrote here seems to me like a bog-standard leftist viewpoint about the right. I don't see how you get from this to your claim that the left "has got it all wrong" since from your post you seem to think the opposite: that the standard leftist construction of the right is correct. >

I am saying less about the Right and more about the impact unregulated capitalism has on the people of America. IT is the problem. IT destroys empathy by its very nature. The Right is not wrong for wanting to be successful in life but ALL Americans have been taught very negative traits as a means of becoming successful. >

Your view as stated in your title is that the left "has got it all wrong when trying to understand and deal with the right." Is this not actually your view? If this is your view, what exactly do you think the Left has got wrong, and how do you think what the Left thinks is different from your position? >

That was a reference to brainwashing and thinking the other side must be stupid. Both sides can't imagine how the other side can think the way they do. That is one way the left has it wrong. 
The other is that people like Pelosi and Biden have all benefited from unregulated Capitalism just as much as those on the right. The left are fighting issues but aren't acknowledging the real problem. The destruction of empathy by the very ideology we praise. >

But it's not true that the left can't imagine how the other side can think the way they do. The left doesn't believe the right is brainwashed or stupid; they generally believe the right is racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, transphobic, and generally in favor of power hierarchies. That seems to be totally in line with what you wrote. >

I have heard on many occasions that the left believe the right are "poor white people who have been brainwashed to fear socialism and want to stick it to the libs so they vote against their own best interests and that they are too dumb or too brainwashed to know they are voting against their own best interests" My point was that they are voting for what they want and they want it because many generations of unregulated Capitalism has destroyed Americans empathy. >

What makes you think that the left has this wrong? You say that both sides believe the other is brainwashed, which apparently is wrong. You then go on to explain all the ways that our society has trained people to think in a certain way, which leads them to right wing ideology without them realizing. Sounds pretty similar to brainwashing to me. 
Also, there is more nuance here. There are a lot of people who are fully individualistic, but that's far from all republicans. Something like 60% of republicans surveyed thought that their party was for a 15$ minimum wage. There's a lot of voters in this country that are actually totally unaware of the issues at hand and what their party stands for. >

I am not saying it leads them to right wing ideology, I am saying unregulated Capitalism  leads Americans to negative behavior such as greed and lust for power by rewarding those negative behaviors and that the outcome of this is a nation without empathy.
My post is also suggesting that the left and right are not so different. They both are suffering from the same problems associated with unregulated Capitalism. >

If you pay that much attention to the right you must have picked up on the fact they want less government than you do.  The want bottom up government and the right wants top down, too heavy.
The wants to use the federal government as the tool to solve problems.  The right thinks big movement is the biggest problem.
The left wants to induce social change, leveraging government.. The right wants government to reflect where society is and follow it.
In that context, it's disingenuous to have the takeaways you have come away with, IMV.   Its similarly disingenuous of them right to draw the complementary about them left. >

I am not making claims about anything a side wants except as to give examples. I am not talking about differences. I am simply saying America's biggest problem isn't any of that, it is unregulated Capitalism. It rewards Americans for having greed and a lust for power. It destroys empathy and creates a nation of sociopaths. >

And I'm saying you understanding of the right, as described in you post, is inaccurate, that is somplistic.  So whatever conclusions you draw from those inaccurate characterizations is suspect. >

Yeah, these sound like pretty average boilerplate leftist talking points. I don't understand how this means that the left has it all wrong? >

Hi, as someone who leans right in terms of politics but left in terms of ideals, I'll try to explain a couple points but I am pretty odd in my views so take everything with a grain of salt.
I agree fully about the proposition of opposition making it difficult to talk with the other side, and I believe this is because we are talking to much as a nation on an emotional level instead of a logical one. For example, instead of talking about the differing beliefs we have, we should instead focus on what we have in common as a nation, and then focus on disagreements. For example, we all want to be a safe, secure nation we just need to find common ground on how to bring this about, before we focus on things we disagree on.
The state on right side belief on money is partially true. Most of my friends/family that are right wing actually give away a lot of money to charity, and the difference between that and helping through government is they like to know where their money is going. For example, if its in taxes they do not know if it is helping someone that might be abusing the system verses a local charity they know personally is run by good people and will put it to good use. It isn't that they don't care, it's that they want to make sure what they care about is being done.
I personally disagree about the whole segregation bit, everyone I know supports equal rights for all races, sexes, and belief systems. I'm sure there are people who are not like this and claim right wing, but I can't speak for everyone even if I wish I could. About the police forces, again everyone I know is for police reform and supporting better practices that don't abuse anyone at all while keeping the people safe. As far as the gun laws, most right wing are for gun laws that restrict guns to sane individuals, with sane limits on the gun's power, while still maintaining the ability to defend oneself from others.
Also, your facts on capitalism is wrong, the US capitalism system is in fact regulated. Could the regulations be better? Of course, everything can be improved and no one denies that every system has it's faults and the nation will hopefully cause more improvements down the line, but how to do these improvements is not something I have studied, and sadly can't hold a good discussion about. 
To bring it back around to the conclusion, I feel like everyone has greed, and this is not caused by capitalism as we can look in history and see multiple greedy dictators, and their subordinates, from other economic systems, however greed and a lust for power is always driving people apart and will most likely continue as it is in human nature and we can only do the best we can personally to create a better nation for ourselves, our loved ones, and people as a whole. >

Greed and lust for power are natural traits of humans as a species. Culture however can enhance or dampen traits to some degree. The "average" American has been taught by our culture that they will be rewarded significantly by leaning into negative traits such as greed and a lust for power. This opposes empathy and impacts the lives of all Americans directly in a very negative way. 
I also mentioned in my post some regulations that are currently on Capitalism and said it needed much more regulation. It is unregulated in its drive to destroy empathy and reward greed and the lust for power.