If you had 2 guys competing with the same skills, the one who follows the rules loses. 1% of individuals are psychopaths. No, they're not all serial killers. Only 1 in 25,000 are.What are psychopaths? They are born without a conscience, nor empathy. What do the other 24,999 do? Many become criminals and con artists. Many become doctors, lawyers, priests, husbands, fathers, corporate execs, and politicians. They are not "crazy". They are all assholes, and many seem normal and have a charming facade (i.e. they are good actors). They are master manipulators. They care about nothing but themselves. They lie, cheat and steal. They lie then lie again, and are unfazed by being caught in a lie. And many are *obsessed* with power. About psychopaths in general:http://www.cassiopaea.com/cassiopaea/psychopath.htmThe classic book: "Without Conscience" by the world's expert on psychopathy:http://www.amazon.com/Without-Conscience-Disturbing-World-Psychopaths/dp/1572304510The book on Corporate Psychopaths: http://www.amazon.com/Snakes-Suits-When-Psychopaths-Work/dp/0061147893/ The authors of the above books call the general ignorance of psychopathy a "great human tragedy". The swath of human misery they leave behind is immense.
It would stand to reason that many politicians are psychopaths. In an even contest, the psychopath will always win. The greater the power wielded, the more likely the politician would be a psychopath.This book contains decades of research, of how psychopaths EASILY rise to power, and how they take over political systems by manipulating and using the 15% of society who are "ideologues" -those who have a pscyhological need to be told what to do, to tell others what to do, and have strong righteous feelings about how the world should be:http://www.amazon.com/Political-Ponerology-Science-Adjusted-Purposes/product-reviews/1897244258/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1The science of psychopathy would explain why:1) Why people like Bernie Madoff, Ken Lay, Genghis Kahn, and Caligula exist, and how they rise to their positions2) So many politicians are 2-faced lying assholes3) Why no matter who's in power, we get screwed4) Why on the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, a third of the world is starving..When you give power to any institution, the psychopaths gravitate to it.The only solution I see is DE-CENTRALIZATION OF POWER.
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