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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Quote Originally Posted by Axe View Post
    Op is a psychopath
    Real Life Lurch.

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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Quote Originally Posted by warriorfan View Post
    They will always win.

    However if you start to eliminate them, the others will just get better at hiding. It will end up being a wild goose chase even thought it could be one of the most important things for our future. I don’t think it’s possible to stop them.
    its an endless cycle.


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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Psychopathy is a spectrum. We all have it.

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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Quote Originally Posted by JEFFERSON MONEY View Post
    Yes, I know this. People such as Marshall Applewhite, David Koresh and Mirza Ghulam Ahmed. But there are false prophets and there are true prophets.

    I won't waste my time or your time arguing, I will only point out this fact, though anyone who has an open heart and any sense of fairness could see the Truth.

    First of all, every single Muslim believes in the Day of Judgment which is a full reckoning of one's actions on Earth. Moreover, every learned Muslim knows that the only deeds acceptable to God are those that are done for His sake. Actions without pure intentions are unacceptable.

    Early in Makkah, (he was appointed Prophet at age 40 and spent 13 years in Makkah and 10 years in Madinah), while preaching Islam, he had a few followers who were mostly poor, and they were severely oppressed, boycotted, slandered, beaten, reviled etc. The idolater leaders of the Quraysh offered Muhammad (PBUH) money, women, and power to try to get him to stop preaching the call to worshipping God alone-----he declined their offer and continued to do so. Later, their were battles between the two.

    All he had to do to get "power" was to stop spreading the message of Islam. The Qurayshi leaders would have given it to him.
    Cool story bro

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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Quote Originally Posted by Shogon View Post
    Some hide it better than others. The only thing you can do is to limit the power of the government over the citizens.

    Human beings have not yet evolved enough to 'cure' psychopathy or to readily identify it unquestionably so. It's how so many of them are given free reign at the tops of corporations and in the halls of Washington.

    Washington D.C. is the psychopath capital of the United States. It's not an opinion, it's a fact. Look it up. They are drawn to power.

    Until we can get rid of psychopaths, everything will trend towards shit as the government gains more authority.


    Have fun going down that rabbit hole.



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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Very informative chart, Dooms. Thanks.

    Part of the reason why I respect the Amish.

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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Quote Originally Posted by JEFFERSON MONEY View Post
    Very informative chart, Dooms. Thanks.

    Part of the reason why I respect the Amish.
    The Amish were right about a few things. Very True.









    ^ good 10 or 20 minutes of deep thought.

    give the beginning a listen whenever you are bored. Good Stuff.

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    I think psychopaths CAN make good politicians because ultimately they are utilitarian. When making policies, there are always sacrifices to be made. When you say no to illegal immigrants, there are millions who will suffer but there are also millions who will be thankful. Psychopaths would have no problem choosing what they think would be best for the country, even if it means children are being sacrificed.

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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Quote Originally Posted by iamgine View Post
    I think psychopaths CAN make good politicians because ultimately they are utilitarian. When making policies, there are always sacrifices to be made. When you say no to illegal immigrants, there are millions who will suffer but there are also millions who will be thankful. Psychopaths would have no problem choosing what they think would be best for the country, even if it means children are being sacrificed.
    A psychopath would not be thinking, considering what's good for the country. It's just not going to be something that crosses their mind. They would be out creating wars, with the deaths and maiming of thousands. Lives ruined completely, babies dying. Whatever gained is not enough.

    What you described actually sounds like a good person. The hard decisions that benefits their people is not that difficult.

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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Quote Originally Posted by jstern View Post
    A psychopath would not be thinking, considering what's good for the country. It's just not going to be something that crosses their mind. They would be out creating wars, with the deaths and maiming of thousands. Lives ruined completely, babies dying. Whatever gained is not enough.

    What you described actually sounds like a good person. The hard decisions that benefits their people is not that difficult.
    Why not? The way I understand psychopathy, most of them are not serial killers but normal, functioning human beings.

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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Quote Originally Posted by iamgine View Post
    I think psychopaths CAN make good politicians because ultimately they are utilitarian. When making policies, there are always sacrifices to be made. When you say no to illegal immigrants, there are millions who will suffer but there are also millions who will be thankful. Psychopaths would have no problem choosing what they think would be best for the country, even if it means children are being sacrificed.
    Psychopaths choose what is best for themselves. They manipulate people to get what they want.

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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Sociopaths being underrated in this thread.

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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Quote Originally Posted by Horatio33 View Post
    Psychopaths choose what is best for themselves. They manipulate people to get what they want.
    Yes and if making the country better is in their interest, they'd be better than non-psychopaths at doing it.

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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Quote Originally Posted by iamgine View Post
    Yes and if making the country better is in their interest, they'd be better than non-psychopaths at doing it.
    The question is, is the psychopath making the country better in ways that will help society or is he making the country better in ways that help him and people like him?

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    Default Re: Psychopaths will always rise to power in government and corporations.

    Quote Originally Posted by Doomsday Dallas View Post
    Have fun going down that rabbit hole.


    jeezuz, this is one of those charts that was necessary...

    why didnt u post it all along?

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