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In reply to the discussion: Could "The Anti-Christ" possibly be all those sociopaths in high positions in corporations & gov't? [View all]Cal33
(7,018 posts)the grab for riches and power over others. Sociopaths (or people with anti-social personality
disorder) make up from 2% to 4% of the general population. This is as true today as it was
millennia ago, just as 5% of the general population is left-handed.
And sociopaths have been far more successful because they are ambitious and have no
compunction about lying and doing dirty things to reach their goals, because their defective
consciences do not bother them about harming others -- even to the point of causing their deaths.
Democracy is an idea that began to become successful only some 240 years ago. Compare this to
the 7000-year written history of our whole planet having been ruled by absolute monarchs. I
believe that as long as there are sociopaths around, they will always be striving for riches and
power over others. They cannot abide an egalitarian society. They want to be the royalty (or
whatever other name they might choose to use) and have the rest of the people (the commoners)
under their domination and do their bidding.
With them around there will always be conflicts, fights..... wars. It cannot be otherwise. This is
the nature of their personality disorder. They ARE the problem, and they cannot change.