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In reply to the discussion: Have you ever encountered a sociopath? [View all]Morbius
(1,100 posts)Back in the 80's I worked for a company that had two owners - brothers, in fact. The one who was in charge of the division of the company I worked for was likely a sociopath. That didn't occur to me; I just thought of him as an incredibly selfish asshole. A truly bad human being, in so many ways. He's probably dead now, so I won't share his name (I probably wouldn't share his name anyway).
I used to ask some of my fellow employees a hypothetical question, and in place of his name I will use "Mr. R":
You are in a room with two bullets and three people. One is a sexual predator who relentlessly rapes and kills children. The second is an old man in agonizing and incurable pain. The third is Mr. R. Who do you spare?
Now, I'm a nicer guy now. I wouldn't ever ask such a question, even about our President. But it's telling: only one coworker suggested sparing Mr. R, and he was new on the job. Almost everyone else wanted to shoot the guy.