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I wonder how many people in power or have strong influence are psychopaths or sociopaths. I've had the misfortune to observe a psychopath in the workplace and i

I wonder how many people in power or have strong influence are psychopaths or sociopaths. I've had the misfortune to observe a psychopath in the workplace and in this case they touch people a lot. They touch people of the opposite sex more than same sex but they touch a lot of people. I wonder what is being said behind closed doors. I have friend who is an employment lawyer. When I first asked her what she does she said "I keep old white men out of trouble". How sad. Edit fixed typo

benevol 9y ago
It actually goes in both directions: Statistics have shown for a while now that psychopaths or sociopaths are drawn to positions of power and are therefor overrepresented in those positions. On the other hand, excessive power (== money) often brings the worst out of us, as power appeals to our (sick/immature) need to dominate those around us (on a personal or even global scale). Domination can act like a drug. And once the brain is hooked on that drug, it's hard to go clean again. Excessive power (== money) takes a lot of maturity to be handled ethically. Obviously, a lot of people fail hard. Which is why our society should fight any type of inequality until it's completely gone.
- jimnotgym 9y ago
  I am reminded of the Stanford prison experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
- thehardsphere 9y ago
  > Which is why our society should fight any type of inequality until it's completely gone. I don't think this actually follows from the prior premises you put forth. If I'm the 10x programmer, do I need to have my performance handicapped because some psychopaths exist somewhere in the world? That's a kind of inequality which I would argue isn't relevant.