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quaker bill

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34. I have had more than a handful

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 06:55 AM

Mar 2012

of undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology and I find the article to take a grain of truth and turn it into utter tripe.

It is true that sociopaths are attracted to power. It is also true that few of them have the requisite skills to obtain power.

The TSA guys were generally just rent-a-cops looking for better pay, regular work, and a pension plan.

Economists and the DSRM are a bad mix

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need more proof? Go to Bahamas and talk to any American living there. provis99 Mar 2012 #1

Exactly !!!! Afrikaners of old !!! orpupilofnature57 Mar 2012 #3

The Rhodesians were primarily of English stock, not Afrikaner. tabatha Mar 2012 #7

I was using them more as an example of that orpupilofnature57 Mar 2012 #8

Actually the Afrikaners were not imperialists. tabatha Mar 2012 #16

Not trying to argue but they imprisoned orpupilofnature57 Mar 2012 #28

Well, then you are an imperialist. tabatha Mar 2012 #41

Indeed !! orpupilofnature57 Mar 2012 #45

+1 freshwest Mar 2012 #5

The article considers imposing taxes as a symptom of a society run by sociopaths. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #20

I'm surprised Mr. Casey didn't advise his readers to emigrate to Somalia EFerrari Mar 2012 #24

I am all for taxing the rich, who have been ripping off the middle-class for decades, and are Cal33 Mar 2012 #39

Secretaries frequently pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than their well-do-do bosses Cal33 Mar 2012 #47

We get the porno we deserve ,and Boyish looking orpupilofnature57 Mar 2012 #2

I wouldn't refer to sociopaths as mentally ill meow2u3 Mar 2012 #4

I think sociopaths are both sick and evil. It isn't really their fault that their morality Cal33 Mar 2012 #6

It seems that test is the Republican primary. OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2012 #9

It sure does lunatica Mar 2012 #11

Not many doubt that a high percentage of the so-called "Republican" leadership is made Cal33 Mar 2012 #18

That's really fucked up! OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2012 #27

Years ago I read the story of Bush Jr.as a child enjoying putting a fire cracker into the throats Cal33 Mar 2012 #29

that has to be one of the stupidest article I've ever read. EVER. cali Mar 2012 #10

Iirc, this isn't the first time this thing has been posted. n/t EFerrari Mar 2012 #21

grrrrrr. I hate rank stupidity. I hate it with a burning passion. cali Mar 2012 #12

+1 Scuba Mar 2012 #14

+2 arthritisR_US Mar 2012 #26

You probably haven't had any courses in psychology or done any reading in the subject. It you had, Cal33 Mar 2012 #19

Neither has Doug Casey, who is in fact an economist and, drum roll, EFerrari Mar 2012 #23

sorry, wrong. wrong. wrong. cali Mar 2012 #31

I have had more than a handful quaker bill Mar 2012 #34

Let's consider the paragraph you quoted: Cal33 Mar 2012 #37

absolutely fascisthunter Mar 2012 #13

meh. n/t BlueToTheBone Mar 2012 #15

For me it resonated like libertarian arthritisR_US Mar 2012 #17

I agree that we have a lot of sociopaths in positions of power. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #22

That is a perspective I hadn't considered arthritisR_US Mar 2012 #25

gobbidy goop is an excellent summation of said article. cali Mar 2012 #32

TY, and while he was busy pointing a arthritisR_US Mar 2012 #40

What vile bullshit. Codeine Mar 2012 #30

lol. but surely we're not surprised. cali Mar 2012 #33

I agree partially with you. He's wrong about some things, and right about many others. That is Cal33 Mar 2012 #35

gad. I should hope not. cali Mar 2012 #36

This is the first time I've read anything by Casey. From this one article, I must say I Cal33 Mar 2012 #42

If you think that Authoritarians are mentally ill, he could be right. n/t BiggJawn Mar 2012 #38

Authoritarianism is a personality trait. A trait is not an illness or disorder. We all Cal33 Mar 2012 #44

Sociopaths aren't mentally ill Prophet 451 Mar 2012 #43

You might be thinking of a personality "trait," which is not an illness or disorder. Please Cal33 Mar 2012 #46