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liberation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-11 03:51 PM
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19. Most of our economic and social institutions are sociopathic in nature
Edited on Sun Jun-05-11 03:53 PM by liberation
... among other things because sociopaths in our society tend to be found at the top of the social pyramids in positions of control and power. Thus this should be no surprise that a society designed to cater sociopaths produces these types of individuals, organizations, and actions.

This is nothing new BTW. We can croon all we want about the "good old days" but it was the same crap as it is today.
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  -The Rise of the Second-String Psychopaths marmar  Jun-05-11 09:58 AM   #0 
  - For any article that starts out "The great writer Kurt Vonnegut...", I skip down to....  Poll_Blind   Jun-05-11 10:03 AM   #1 
  - What Poll_Blind said.  Octafish   Jun-05-11 10:06 AM   #3 
  - Me too.  Enthusiast   Jun-05-11 05:38 PM   #26 
  - "Player Piano" was a prophetic masterpiece. The rest are just great fun to read.  leveymg   Jun-05-11 03:11 PM   #17 
  - Amen to that  LiberalEsto   Jun-05-11 07:51 PM   #37 
  - Exactly.  sendero   Jun-05-11 07:17 PM   #33 
  - K&R  bluevoter4life   Jun-06-11 12:19 AM   #48 
  - Absolutely,  dotymed   Jun-06-11 10:48 AM   #65 
     - Slaughterhouse Five is one of the most touching books I've ever read.  Poll_Blind   Jun-06-11 11:02 AM   #68 
  - K&R  Zorra   Jun-05-11 10:04 AM   #2 
  - recommend  xchrom   Jun-05-11 10:54 AM   #4 
  - people acting like corporations b/c corporations have more rights than people  nashville_brook   Jun-05-11 11:01 AM   #5 
  - and here's the cause.... and the easy solution- might take a gen or two  certainot   Jun-05-11 11:34 AM   #6 
  - The Koch brothers and the super-rich are not immune to bullets.  L0oniX   Jun-05-11 11:36 AM   #7 
  - For those interested about psychopaths...  karnac   Jun-05-11 11:54 AM   #8 
  - Wow....Al Dunlap  femrap   Jun-05-11 01:09 PM   #10 
  - In Ronson's book he isn't so believing about Dunlap's infidelity denial.  karnac   Jun-05-11 02:27 PM   #13 
     - I believe psychopaths  femrap   Jun-05-11 02:40 PM   #15 
        - An interesting Irony  karnac   Jun-05-11 04:25 PM   #21 
        - Maybe Dunlap has  femrap   Jun-05-11 05:29 PM   #24 
        - Libertarian == Psychopath ???  karnac   Jun-05-11 05:36 PM   #25 
        - Too simplistic  Prophet 451   Jun-06-11 02:57 AM   #54 
        - Perhaps a Fiscal Libertarian  Cherchez la Femme   Jun-06-11 09:54 AM   #62 
        - A good loving childhood  laundry_queen   Jun-06-11 01:55 AM   #52 
           - I am also guessing that most psychopaths were never shown or taught empathy as children...  Prophet 451   Jun-06-11 03:00 AM   #55 
        - You would be right  Prophet 451   Jun-06-11 02:53 AM   #53 
  - That was great.  PotatoChip   Jun-05-11 04:38 PM   #22 
  - The last line  90-percent   Jun-05-11 12:53 PM   #9 
  - Gotta say I agree with you....nt  femrap   Jun-05-11 01:10 PM   #11 
  - agree too, replace those institutions with municipalities  StarsInHerHair   Jun-06-11 01:09 AM   #50 
     - and businesses  femrap   Jun-06-11 10:59 AM   #67 
  - People use the words psychopath and sociopath as if they are synonymous, but they are not.  Larry Ogg   Jun-05-11 03:58 PM   #20 
     - A small point  Prophet 451   Jun-06-11 03:08 AM   #56 
  - I need to dust off my copy of The Mask of Sanity.  girl gone mad   Jun-05-11 02:08 PM   #12 
  - Our psychopaths appear to demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect  nytemare   Jun-05-11 02:34 PM   #14 
  - Good Point....  femrap   Jun-05-11 02:41 PM   #16 
  - Yes, I would assume a good deal of them do.  nytemare   Jun-05-11 03:33 PM   #18 
  - Thanks  Enthusiast   Jun-05-11 06:16 PM   #30 
  - I was right there with you..  disillusioned73   Jun-06-11 09:18 AM   #61 
  - Yes and no...  Larry Ogg   Jun-05-11 07:56 PM   #39 
     - Wow  lordsummerisle   Jun-05-11 08:52 PM   #42 
        - You see them all over the place when you know what to look for. n/t  Larry Ogg   Jun-05-11 09:17 PM   #43 
  - Most of our economic and social institutions are sociopathic in nature  liberation   Jun-05-11 03:51 PM   #19 
  - Second string psychopaths?  hootinholler   Jun-05-11 04:45 PM   #23 
  - I agree and would add that...  Larry Ogg   Jun-06-11 10:21 AM   #64 
  - Happy to give this a rec  DancingFool   Jun-05-11 05:42 PM   #27 
  - They're really not  Prophet 451   Jun-06-11 03:10 AM   #57 
  - And they have nothing to worry about in going about their plan until........  RagAss   Jun-05-11 05:46 PM   #28 
  - K&R...  AntiFascist   Jun-05-11 06:05 PM   #29 
  - I agree with the theory of the article, in part, however…  Larry Ogg   Jun-05-11 06:21 PM   #31 
  - Its the narcissism epidemic  blank space   Jun-05-11 07:03 PM   #32 
  - PSYCHO KILLERS  larwdem   Jun-05-11 07:26 PM   #34 
  - Thank you for mentioning Kurt Vonnegut. K & R for  truedelphi   Jun-05-11 07:30 PM   #35 
  - Funny  bongbong   Jun-05-11 07:31 PM   #36 
  - NO  larwdem   Jun-05-11 08:42 PM   #41 
  - Not all repigs are  Prophet 451   Jun-06-11 03:11 AM   #58 
     - Yes  bongbong   Jun-06-11 10:55 AM   #66 
  - I think they keep R's angry and hating so they don't realize how much like us they are.  SaveAmerica   Jun-05-11 07:53 PM   #38 
  - Right along with the news media  999998th word   Jun-05-11 09:51 PM   #46 
  - They hire 2nd string Psychopaths for the same reason  ThoughtCriminal   Jun-05-11 08:26 PM   #40 
  - The Flip Side to the Psychopath is the Authoritarian Follower  reACTIONary   Jun-05-11 09:32 PM   #44 
  - Profile of the Sociopath  RC   Jun-05-11 09:45 PM   #45 
  - Love Kurt Vonnegut -- ! Thank you -- !!  defendandprotect   Jun-05-11 10:42 PM   #47 
  - POLITICAL PONEROLOGY  nikto   Jun-06-11 01:00 AM   #49 
  - I work in Hollywood  zappaman   Jun-06-11 01:12 AM   #51 
  - Thank you.  Shining Jack   Jun-06-11 06:11 AM   #59 
  - When I read the title I thought it must be Hedges  Doctor_J   Jun-06-11 07:56 AM   #60 
  - DU has revisited this subject over the years,  felix_numinous   Jun-06-11 10:12 AM   #63 
 

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