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Robert Olin's avatar

Here's a simpler way of saying it: High functioning or very intelligent sociopaths and psychopaths are overrepresented in positions of power and probably always have been explaining why human history is so bloody. So how do you explain it? Easy – it’s just math. Four people in 100 are sociopaths and one person in 100 is a psychopath. The United States has 330 million people. 4% of that is 13 million sociopaths and 1% is 3.3 million psychopaths. 1% of any random population will have extremely high IQs ie 140 and above. So out of 13 million US sociopaths 130,000 will have near genius IQs and 33,000 psychopaths will have similar smarts. For simplicity let’s concentrate on psychopaths. Psychopathy is well studied as approximately 15% of the prison population has the condition. The bloodthirsty killers portrayed in movies are rare. In real life what they do have in common is a lack of empathy. . They don’t feel the things that keep most of us in check. They have no sympathy. They don’t feel embarrassed. They don’t fear punishment like we do. They can lie without any guilt because they don’t feel guilt. As such they are good liars as they don’t have to deal with body language giving them away. Given a high IQ, they present as fearless leaders and empress normal people / normies who support them to infest high positions especially in the corporate and political worlds. They always support war. It's very profitable and they don't feel any empathy for the young men getting their legs blown off. So how do you counter colluding genius billionaire sociopaths and worse when they own all the levers of power and are supported by an army of normies/useful idiots. I’m reminded of the rock group Ten Years After. “I’d love to change the world – but I don’t know what to do.”

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Ruth Butros's avatar

When you have no moral absolutes and no fear of the God of creation, or appreciation for what He's done in and for you, you grow angry and rebellious because you're not god, but you sure think you should be. Many have informed Him in one way or another that they don't want His order, His authority, His protection, and He has responded by taking His hand off them, per their desire. As this cancer of evil grows however, it is becoming more and more apparent that one will have to make a decision about what camp they're in. Those lapping up the evil will become, and are becoming, sicker and sicker, and turning on each other. They will eventually leave space for righteousness, if the righteous are willing to fill it.

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