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Caliman73

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4. # 3 ",even a sociopath with a rudimentary understanding...normal human..."
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:07 AM
Oct 2020

FYI, sociopaths do not have a rudimentary understanding of human thought patterns. That is why they are labeled sociopaths. Now, if you are talking about psychopaths like Dennis Rader, Ted Bundy, even Edmund Kemper (who had his mother's severed head as a totem), they were able to approximate human emotions and thought processes until they could no longer hide their murders. Trump however, is a SOCIOPATH and yes I know the terms are now used interchangeably. Sociopaths (old definition) shared many of the same characteristics of a psychopath except one, emotional regulation. Psychopaths (some) are typically able to delay gratification and control their emotions, that is why they are able to plan their activities and hide their crimes. Sociopaths (old definition) are impulsive and lack the ability to control their emotions. Trump has been able to outrun his many problems because of his family's money. Without it, I guarantee he would have been in prison, or dead a long time ago.

Trump is a con man and can tap into people's "weaknesses" like trusting people in authority, our desire not to offend, our desire to believe in the good of others, etc... he reads it and exploits it. That is his talent. He is nothing special without his daddy's money. Not a self made man, nothing. Everything about Trump is a fake, manufactured and groomed by his dad and maintained by a series of smarter, ambitious, yes men.

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