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originally posted by: jayfkntee
a reply to: TinfoilTP
What if sanity and our highest values for the future of our earth, our children and our humanity controlled culture, rather than some perverted psychopathy? The presumption that sanity lacks function [as your post implies] or that our lowest humanity is our only salvation [as your post implies] is frankly, insane.
originally posted by: jayfkntee
a reply to: TinfoilTP
you may be the most ignorant person I have seen on here. the very concept that we need psychopathic leadership to "make sacrifices" for humanity is ignorance incarnate. sacrifice for others is not a part of psychopathy. implying that having ideals and full humanity is somehow "causing suffering" because pychopaths do better for the world is insanity as I said. you do not merit further response.
originally posted by: combatmaster
a reply to: jayfkntee
clearer perception with this short post
How could you call this a short post!
originally posted by: richapau
a reply to: jayfkntee
So what should we DO about it?
originally posted by: jayfkntee
a reply to: loveguy
the psychopath/sociopath definition and debate is relevant, but straying from the central, valid point -- psychopaths [and sociopaths] "feed" off of suffering, not happy, healthy, caring families and cultures...or even ecologies.
Will it feed the billions and provide it with its energy needs? Will it make sacrifices to do so? It will have to because the billions are the children, the humanity. Sanity is either watching them all suffer for your higher values or providing for them at the expense of your values. Welcome to hell.
That is the question Oxford University psychologist Kevin Dutton examined for the September/October issue of Scientific American Mind. Dutton, author of The Wisdom of Psychopaths among other books, shows that the eight qualities that define psychopathy in the psychological literature are commonly found in top politicians. And some of them are quite useful.
In his article for Mind, Dutton compared Trump, Clinton and runners-up Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders to 16 historical leaders in terms of their scores on the short revised form of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI-R)–a standardized assessment of psychopathic traits. The form was completed on behalf of the candidates by a seasoned political reporter and, for the historical figures, by biographers or other scholars.