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Psychopathy in Politics and Finance - Stefan Verstappen on GRTV (Original Post) damnedifIknow May 2013 OP
This video... GTurck May 2013 #1
OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE INFESTED WITH CORRUPT SOCIOPATHS 90-percent May 2013 #2
He mentions how listening to teevee and/radio makes you crazy. loudsue May 2013 #3
Here's an enlightening interview with Thomas Sheridan, the author of... Mr_Jefferson_24 May 2013 #4
Psychopaths rule the World! Larry Ogg May 2013 #5
3 Dimensional Chess pocoloco May 2013 #6
Just seems backwards damnedifIknow May 2013 #7
Psychopaths are very good at convincing people that right is wrong... Larry Ogg May 2013 #8
If this is true... Mr_Jefferson_24 May 2013 #9
You can't predict what or when a psychopath will do... Larry Ogg May 2013 #11
Thank you for your thoughtful reply Larry... Mr_Jefferson_24 May 2013 #15
You should name names instead of innuendo. 2ndAmForComputers May 2013 #13
K&R DeSwiss May 2013 #10
If Ponerology doesn't wake up... Larry Ogg May 2013 #12
I never said that I did. DeSwiss May 2013 #14

GTurck

(826 posts)
1. This video...
Fri May 10, 2013, 08:39 AM
May 2013

says a lot of what I have read and learned. Psychopaths aren't always criminal but they do lack sympathy and empathy for the results of their actions. The rest of us care and that makes us a target and victim.

90-percent

(6,829 posts)
2. OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE INFESTED WITH CORRUPT SOCIOPATHS
Fri May 10, 2013, 08:52 AM
May 2013

It's a home made bumper sticker currently on my Ranger tailgate.

It's the root cause of what's wrong on the planet today.

-90% Jimmy

Mr_Jefferson_24

(8,559 posts)
4. Here's an enlightening interview with Thomas Sheridan, the author of...
Fri May 10, 2013, 10:27 AM
May 2013

... Puzzling People: the Labyrinth of the Psychopath.

Larry Ogg

(1,474 posts)
5. Psychopaths rule the World!
Fri May 10, 2013, 10:38 AM
May 2013

I started to study this subject about eight years ago, and there is no doubt in my mind.

Once you know what to look for, you will not have any problems seeing it, because their influence is everywhere.

But psychopaths (not to be confused with sociopaths) would never get into positions of power, if not for their idol worshiping - Right Wing Authoritarian Followers - who will never see the behavior of their leader in a negative light.

So when the psychopath leader does something evil, the follower will say, "Hmmm... This must be some kind brilliant strategy. He/she is just playing a game of ten dimensional chest in order to defeat our enemies."

What luck for rulers that men do not think. Adolf Hitler

Many researchers tend to agree that the best way to get psychopaths out of power is to educate the population.

Unfortunately, when you try to educate Authoritarian Followers, they will treat you like the enemy, evidenced throughout history by their cries to censor, and kill the intellectuals.

damnedifIknow

(3,183 posts)
7. Just seems backwards
Fri May 10, 2013, 11:30 AM
May 2013

that in order to become president or what have you it's a requirement that you must check your humanity at the door.

Larry Ogg

(1,474 posts)
8. Psychopaths are very good at convincing people that right is wrong...
Fri May 10, 2013, 12:51 PM
May 2013

Good is bad, war is peace, etc...

Not having a conscience allows them the ability to sell the opposite of truth as being the truth.

And they tell their lies with such charisma, confidence, and false expertise, that most honest people will never suspect that their reality, and beliefs are being manipulated by a predator that sees things like conscience, and humanity as a weakness that is easily exploited.

Mr_Jefferson_24

(8,559 posts)
9. If this is true...
Fri May 10, 2013, 06:55 PM
May 2013

... that psychopaths do run the world, and I believe it is, what do you expect will be their solution/answer for the myriad serious problems now facing humanity as a direct result of overpopulation? And are these "solutions" not already being implemented?



Larry Ogg

(1,474 posts)
11. You can't predict what or when a psychopath will do...
Sat May 11, 2013, 12:09 PM
May 2013

But you can be absolutely certain that they will do something!

Somethings can play out slowly over time, such as the never ending war on terror, which is a war of terror.
But then, things like war and genocide have been the traditional means of population control for thousands of years, but I think that psychopaths have figured out that to much overt war making can lead to serious blow back and loss of control.

So in today's World, the war makers are much more covert. And thanks to technology, they can supply the weapons, and stir up a multitude of hornets nest around the World, and just sit back and watch the killing off of the herd from a distance.

And then there's the genetically modified foods that could solve the problems of over population, through starvation. Making food plants with terminator seeds, so the plants cant reproduce. Now that's a great idea! And making plants with its own pesticide might also sound like a great idea, except it kills off the good insects with the bad insects. But then, when plants are designed to self terminate, who needs honey bees.

And then there's the problem with animals that eat genetically modified foods, sterilizing whole populations could have a definite effect on over population. google search third generation gmo foods

And then there is the chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons that are all prepared and ready to go at a moments notice.

So to answer your question of over population. Yes they do have solutions, and yes some of these solutions are already in play, and some are waiting to be played. As to how bad it will get, the place and time... That all remains to be seen, but the sad truth is that the worst is yet to come.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
14. I never said that I did.
Sat May 11, 2013, 06:10 PM
May 2013

But I'm familiar enough with it to agree with some of its points. Awakening has nothing to do with ponerology, per se.

- Thanks for playing.....

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