Psychopathic behavior has become a serious problem in the modern world, with many intelligent psychopaths excelling in politics, business, and law. The root of this condition is currently thought to be physical differences in the limbic system and prefrontal cortex of the brain. There are currently no effective therapies to treat it.
Once these individuals have established themselves, at the controls of a civilization, they go about setting policy that favors the success and recruitment of their own kind into the same spheres of influence. Ultimately, they can "infect" society with their pathology causing neurotypical humans to aspire to psychopathic traits in order to get ahead. They follow a twisted personal logical of Darwinian brutality and excel at manipulating the empathy of others, which they see as foolish and weak. Psychopaths command compliance and obedience so as to actualize their agendas. Accordingly, they are encouraged by the absence of critical thought, and the reliance on primitive psychological defenses of those they seek to control. In doing so, they create a feedback loop of social conditioning that drives the entire social order into lockstep with their ideals and goals. In a psychopath's mind, might makes right and power is best seen as the means to acquire even more power.
However, psychopaths can be useful and even beneficial if kept from seizing control of a system, as they are capable of making difficult logical decisions under pressure while being immune to fear and peer pressure. They can be great assets in the armed forces as well as in the boardroom of an insurance company.
1. Given the damage they can cause, do you think that there could ever be a model under which they can operate to maximize their innate skills while protecting us from their ruthless and charming nature?
2. What vocations should they be limited to, if any?
3. Should we make awareness of psychopathology a requirement in primary education programs?
4. Should politicians be forced to undergo a battery of tests to determine whether they fit this personality disorder?
5. Is it ethical to test children early for psychopathy to minimize damage to self and others in later life?
6. In general, how should they be treated by the rest of us?
Quoting: The Alkahest Or just label them the same way we do with unvacks now. Isn't that what this is all coming to anyways? Label everything? It's gross but it's literally happening in front of my eyes here in Canada. Somehow the unvacks are lepers and the worst of society. Can't go anywhere except groceries. True modern day segragation. SO if you think about this, what is being done, is along the lines of psychopathy.
Who are making the rules? Why are they so divisive? Ill tell you why, but it's the mind of the psychopath that did these mandates etc.
So label away right? Like it's the only choice now. Instead of just saying, no passes, no nothing for everyone, how it was actually written in law, becomes an obtuse subject today.
Im for freedom of choice and expression no matter what. I see a solution would be to, once known a person is of psychopathic in nature, they immediately become disabled and are not allowed to work in any way shape or form. Is that a burden? Probably, and they can still help in other areas maybe, just never in charge of anything. Power begets power.
As it is with these types I try to have sympathy and empathy the like, however, being almost completely destroyed myself at a time, the fact of the matter remains, is this person would have everyone convinced that my death would have been due to depression or whatever, and continued on with life without a care in the world.
Not knowing the history of this sounds indifferent, but I can say without a doubt, i would have never suspected anyone to be do charismatic, etc, to be one of the worst human beings I have ever encountered in my entire life.
I can go on forever, but, my point is, the things that were done to me, went unpunished and they got promoted because of it. Yes happened in a workplace.
No idea how many more people were affected by this individual, but what remains is I still hurt from something that happened 7 years ago. 7 years. Lets stop thinking we can let them roam freely in society without consequence, and lets see how smart they really are then.
Theres way more to this, not a final thought here, just a moment of being triggered. I have learned a great deal.
