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Originally posted by Frank Black
Western Culture is a breeding ground for Psychopaths in my opinion. In a Corporate culture having no empathy or conscience for that matter is better for the bottom line.
Originally posted by monkofmimir
I believe this is very much the case but what is ther to be done about it.
you can't tell a psychopath by appearance or scan every politicians brain.
Under such conditions, no area of social life can develop normally, whether in economics, culture, science, technology, administration, etc. Pathocracy progressively paralyzes everything. Normal people must develop a level of patience beyond the ken of anyone living in a normal man's system just in order to explain what to do and how to do it to some obtuse mediocrity of a psychological deviant who has been placed in charge of some project that he cannot even understand, much less manage. This special kind of pedagogy - instructing deviants while avoiding their wrath - requires a great deal of time and effort, but it would otherwise not be possible to maintain tolerable living conditions and necessary achievements in the economic area or intellectual life of a society. Even with such efforts, pathocracy progressively intrudes everywhere and dulls everything. [...] Therefore, to mitigate the threat to their power, the pathocrats must employ any and all methods of terror and exterminatory policies against individuals known for their patriotic feelings and military training; other, specific "indoctrination" activities such as those we have presented are also utilized. Individuals lacking the natural feeling of being linked to normal society become irreplaceable in either of these activities. Again, the foreground of this type of activity is occupied by cases of essential psychopathy, followed by those with similar anomalies, and finally by people alienated from the society in question as a result of racial or national differences.
Originally posted by simone50m
This subject is extremely important. It is at the very heart of all human misery/suffering, and --also-- why we seem to run in place and never advance. 2011 and there is still "radio" and wooden poles outside for Thomas Edison's electricity, and automobiles running on stinky polluting oil.
Well, yes these psychopaths are "deliberately chosen over" and over and over again. They are very much people persons. I myself am very much NOT a people person in an -avoidant- way within my hermit life. Am accutely sensory sensitive and empathic to a fault. I will therefore never be a successfull climber, socially and occupationally. A few recent years back, I interracted with a high profile, nearly worshipped, even,what I deem at least, sociopath and narcissist. This guy was VOID of empathy. NUL AND VOID. Me me me me and TANTRUM if its not me me me. But he is charming, articulate, ambitious, high energy level, agenda driven. He is --tall-- --caucasion-- sexually --attractive--- and dominant, assertive, aggressive, and RIGHT all the time.
Originally posted by Yankee451
reply to post by Illusionsaregrander
Good point...
Instead of the Platonic raison d'etre for the State, we're left with Machiavelli's...or Kennedy's.
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"
...we exist to serve the system, not the converse.
Originally posted by korathin
Originally posted by Yankee451
reply to post by Illusionsaregrander
Good point...
Instead of the Platonic raison d'etre for the State, we're left with Machiavelli's...or Kennedy's.
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"
...we exist to serve the system, not the converse.
You do realize Machiavelli's work everyone knows him for "The Prince", was 110% sarcasm. He wrote the book as advice to the Medici family that beat him to a pulp after the Pope helped them regain control of Florence. Because he knew that any leader dumb enough to do those things would end up being overthrown in a very, very bad way. And all his other work's and acts in life where pro-militia and pro-Republic style of government.
Originally posted by Yankee451
reply to post by monkofmimir
Its ironic that when you do so, you'll be considered crazy, but so be it. There is no other way that I can see...we need to keep talking about it.