The Rise of the Second String Psychopaths

by
David Schwarz

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In a country in which much of human culture has been rendered into machines for the manufacture of money, psychopaths are the ideal leaders. They are very focused. They are outcome oriented. They are frequently charming, and usually very bright and able. They can lay off thousands of people, or deny people health care, or have them waterboarded, and it does not disturb their sleep. They can be impressively confident. Psychopaths can be dynamic leaders of enterprises, but are handicapped by their lack of feelings for relationships. They may be accomplished captains of industry, or senators, or surgeons, but their families are frequently abused and miserable. Most psychotherapists have seen the wives or husband or children of such accomplished people.

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The economic system that remains after the destruction of American local cultures has created an excellent employment picture for psychopaths. But the opportunities open to them are now so vast that there is apparently now an actual labor shortage. At least that is the only explanation I can find for the rise of a cadre of psychopathic leaders who resemble the usual type in all ways but one: they're simply not that smart. One has only to look at right-wing not-so-Christian fundamentalists to see the peculiar emergence of a second-string of psychopaths.

The US has been endowed with abundant resources, and there have always been a more than sufficient supply of psychopaths of the first intellectual grade to supply corporate suites and their subsidiary, the Congress. Why is there now a downgrade to the dumb ones, like the lowering of standards for military recruits to deal with a shortage of cannon fodder?

It is no secret that the Koch brothers and others of the super-rich seem to have undertaken a final push to consolidate control through the conversion of a marginally democratic to an essentially fascist state; extreme right-wing, authoritarian, and demagogic. This kind of government is ideal for control of a populace by the moneyed elite. To carry this out requires the employment of many 'kept' politicians to excite and misdirect scared and angry - and ignorant - voters. Lest the citizenry realize who stole their money and storm their castles with torches, the rapacious elite need politicians who will carry out the work of re-directing anger at teachers, or labor unions, or the poor. I can only conclude that the people who now own the country couldn't find any first-rate psychopaths to carry out their work. Or maybe the smart ones were all occupied. So they had to go to second-stringers, people who could actually believe what they were told to say. We are a country who has become second-best, even in the quality of our psychopaths.”


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He has a really nice smile.

The psychopaths have gained power. They rule our corporations and hold elected office. They
own and run everything and anything. They are fully entrenched and they've secured the
upper echelons that they so desired.

This cabal of psychopaths has worked this for decades. They are finally in power.

The next phase is critical. Will there reign be short lived and overthrown by people with
conscious? People who are more evolved?

Or will their powerful positions be a dog whistle to the other psychopaths out there. Worse
yet, we all have a dark side. We're all capable of incredibly great things, and also really
bad behavior. Will this sick power structure encourage other psychopaths and will they also
bring out the worst in humanity--and will these horrible people turn this planet into a festering,
diseased, miserable place--where greed, power, selfishness and callousness reign?

It's up to us whether they win or lose.

...because you're questions are trenchant and, as they say, "spot on..."