tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15169051.post3435031604770170021..comments2023-11-02T09:08:37.015-04:00Comments on HOW the NeoCons Stole Freedom: Sociopaths: They See You as PreyMelinda Pillsbury-Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407874300095337146noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15169051.post-60054862694527450242011-06-11T17:24:30.095-04:002011-06-11T17:24:30.095-04:00I wonder what in our society is producing this per...I wonder what in our society is producing this personality type in such abundance? Seems to be spreading worldwide - i.e. Dominique Strauss-Kahn.Recognize a Sociopathhttp://www.squidoo.com/sociopath_sociopathicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15169051.post-59484965549037024962011-03-02T23:10:40.919-05:002011-03-02T23:10:40.919-05:00These recent uses of the term "psychopath&quo...These recent uses of the term "psychopath" are confusing the issues. The original, and still best, meaning, is any pathological mental condition, including dementia, retardation, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, paranoia, brain damage, neurosis, and all the various personality disorders, like narcissism. It is synonymous with "mentally ill". "Sociopathy" is not "anti-social behavior", since most sociopaths never manifest that unless or until they can get away with it. It is the lack of conscience as a guide to behavior, but behavior can still be rationally guided by external rewards or penalties. The danger they present is that we cannot depend on external factors to control them. Without conscience, they are a bomb waiting to go off.Jon Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14009899449185140706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15169051.post-64027335074504190252010-08-26T10:18:36.816-04:002010-08-26T10:18:36.816-04:00nice posts and photo :)nice posts and photo :)dizi izlehttp://www.izleyicitemsilcisi.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15169051.post-5980266698647913972010-05-09T15:30:50.501-04:002010-05-09T15:30:50.501-04:00I find it helps to use the term 'psychopath...I find it helps to use the term 'psychopath' to describe those who are born into the condition, while 'sociopaths' describe those who are 'made' through unhealthy situations as they grow up.<br /><br />A fascinating look at psychopathy in politics is the book "Political Ponerology" by Andrew Lobaczewski, a Polish psychologist who studied the problem in depth with a group of researchers in Eastern Europe under Communist rule (working in secret). He lists many different types and shows how they work together to take over social movements and political parties to achieve their aims. He also goes into great detail about how they affect society and each of us who come into contact with them.<br /><br />As Melinda states in her post, a small group of these individuals can do enormous damage to any large group. It is vital that 'normal' people, to use Lobaczewski's term, become informed about psychopathy if we are to find our way out of the mess we are in.Henry Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106601921689204488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15169051.post-58965604263352758152010-05-09T02:31:05.897-04:002010-05-09T02:31:05.897-04:00Actually, Jon, I think it is the other way around....Actually, Jon, I think it is the other way around. The DSM has tried to put everyone who demonstrates anti-social behavior - external signs - under the term "sociopath" and has more or less tried to get rid of the term psychopath. This is a problem, as Dr. Hare has pointed out on a number of occasions. The problem is that the psychopath is "without conscience" but this is not obvious because very often he wears a very good "mask of sanity" and they become "snakes in suits." That is, their true nature is concealed and they can only be discerned by the effects on people around them. There are many sociopaths in prisons but not all of them are psychopaths. Martha Stout should have entitled her book "The Psychopath Next Door," it would have helped to sort out the confusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15169051.post-13546005099668026562010-03-13T01:37:55.330-05:002010-03-13T01:37:55.330-05:00Nice blog you got right here. Would you be interes...Nice blog you got right here. Would you be interested in exchanging links?Ohio personal injury lawyerhttp://www.lawyer-oh.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15169051.post-89199960897095311482010-01-25T12:09:55.387-05:002010-01-25T12:09:55.387-05:00Actually, the characterization comes from David Ko...Actually, the characterization comes from David Kosson, Pd.D., who I interviewed for the article. Those who have been researching the condition are moving towards a more unified understanding of the condition, he said. <br /><br />The condition is neurological. Those affected cannot recover. Attempts to rehabilitate only serve to provide additional means for successful abuse of normal people. <br /><br /><br /><br />The political system will always be controlled by psychopaths because they will, by their nature, do anything necessary to get power. That is why the system must be changed. <br /><br /><br /><br />For anyone interested in freedom and individual rights there is no way to cooperate or ethically interact with psychopaths. Game theory correctly notes the inevitable outcome - identifying and disallowing participation is the only solution.Melinda Pillsbury-Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407874300095337146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15169051.post-57132045191936045192010-01-25T11:34:13.356-05:002010-01-25T11:34:13.356-05:00It is somewhat imprecise to use the terms psychopa...It is somewhat imprecise to use the terms psychopath and sociopath interchangeably. Psychopathy encompasses all forms of mental disorder, whereas sociopathy is one kind, and in many ways a more dangerous kind, because sociopaths are functional in ways other kinds are not. They hide among normals, preparing to prey on them.<br /><br />It is my observation that sociopathy is a matter of degree. Some have a little conscience, but not enough. One can also say that many children and adolescents are partially sociopathic, but develop a conscience when they get older. Those that never do are the ones we need to identify.<br /><br />A political system can be characterized by the kinds of persons it elevates to positions of authority. I'm afraid our system is particularly prone to elevating sociopaths. I have encountered many of them in government, more than in other walks of life.<br /><br />There is also an interesting result from game theory, particularly of the iterated prisoners' dilemma game, where a stable pattern can develop of most of the players cooperating but a persistent minority of them defect to take unfair advantage of the trust of the rest. That is indicative that criminal or sociopathic behavior is rational, and sustained by success. That makes it more difficult to eliminate it.Jon Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14009899449185140706noreply@blogger.com