DrALJONES @DrALJONES@mastodon.social
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How come criminal psychopaths run the place?

No more than 1% of the popn & typically marginalised by their communities, today's criminal psychopaths have organised to an unprecedented level (via the internet, for all its goods)

For psychopaths, power is everything. Money is just a means to it

They have no empathy, so no conscience.

The disorder is so far incurable; only we can stop them.

Even chimps throw out bully leaders.

independentaustralia.net/polit

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Psychopathy Checklist—revised (PCL-R) Item 1: Glibness/superficial charm Item 2: Grandiose sense of self-worth Item 3: Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom Item 4: Pathological lying Item 5: Conning/manipulative Item 6: Lack of remorse or guilt Item 7: Shallow affect Item 8: Callous/lack of empathy Item 9: Parasitic lifestyle Item 10: Poor behavioral controls Item 11: Promiscuous sexual behavior Item 12: Early behavior problems Item 13: Lack of realistic, long-term goals Item 14: Impulsivity Item 15: Irresponsibility Item 16: Failure to accept responsibility for own actions Item 17: Many short-term marital relationships Item 18: Juvenile delinquency Item 19: Revocation of conditional release Item 20: Criminal versatility High PCL-R scores are positively associated with measures of impulsivity & aggression, Machiavellianism, persistent criminal behavior, & negatively associated with measures of empathy & affiliation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy_Checklist
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