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Low Hanging Fruit — The Idiots Who Rule America

Posted in General, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 23, 2008| 1 Comment »

That’s combining, of course, the title of Chris Hedges column in Truthdig of Oct. 20 and a phrase from Andrew Lahde’s So long, Suckers letter. Hedges column, including a section of Lahde’s farewell letter: The Idiots Who Rule America The elites have just made monkeys of themselves. The only thing greater than their greed was their stupidity (or is it the other way around . . .). This is, literally, a defining trait of sociopaths — childlike, they just can’t see tomorrow, can’t anticipate the likeliest of events (even the high IQ ones). And then Andrew Lahde comes along and beats them at their own game, beats the Masters of the Universe. Then, sauntering off with his winnings, calls them “Low hanging fruit.” I claim to know the sociopathic mind. If I’m right, then that one is going to hurt.

I don’t know what percentage of the financial elite are actually sociopathic — but that percentage does seem to have been in the driver’s seat. Or maybe it’s simply that corporations, having been given sociopathic freedoms, evolved that way. I tend to think that there’s a bad seed core of actual sociopaths, their corrupt hangers on (IMO the corrupt often seek to learn the secret of conscienceless evil from sociopaths) and then the many who go along to get along.

Sociopaths are non-self referential. They only know they are doing well if others are doing badly. For them, and their corrupt friends, there is no such thing as a rising tide lifting all boats.

What motivates workaholics? A hatred of life. Most people want to work hard enough to take care of their families and a little more. Workaholics live a two-dimensional life: me superior, you POS. This lifeless drive for superiority is all they have — this is doubly true for sociopaths. Lahde: “I will let others try to amass nine, 10 or 11 figure net worths. Meanwhile, their lives suck” So long, suckers. Millionaire hedge fund boss thanks ‘idiot’ traders

It is worth noting that our true leaders are mega-corporations and the mandarins who lead them. The people who we think of as leaders such as politicians are no more than servants or cabana boys and girls to them. They proved this in their rolling over for the “bailout bill” against the clear wishes of the American people.

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“Clark Rockefeller” — Sociopathic conman and likely murderer

Posted in General, tagged , , , , , , on August 12, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The Talented Mr. Gerhartsreiter

Phony Rockefeller
Eyed in 1985 Case – Cops Say Suspect Is German Con Man

Multiple identities.
Claim of amnesia.
Repeatedly inspired confidence.
Ease of lying.
Full expectation that lies will be believed.
Unlimited nerve.
The complete chameleon.

A special report in the Boston Globe (by Levenson & Ellement) on Clark Rockefeller:
Detailed story

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Fraudsters’ Sons Can’t Forgive Parents

Posted in General, tagged , , , , on July 28, 2008| 1 Comment »

News link

This story of a faked death, insurance scam and bewildered immediate relatives (sons Anthony, 29, and Mark, 31) just screams sociopathy.  I don’t understand how the word is not used in all the news articles.  Anne Darwin is the complete manipulative, lying, contemptuous sociopathic-to-the-core actress.  The pair make the classic “evil couple.”

It is worth noting that the sons never suspected anything or were ever aware that their mother is almost certainly an “equivalent of an alien passing as human” level sociopath (or the more pejorative term, psychopath).  Their unawareness is not at all surprising however.  Also from the articles, I see no sign that they have been told (or figured out) that their mother is sociopathic.  Instead they are left trying to explain what happened to their family within the framework of normal human motivations — which is an impossibility.

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Reflections on Josef Fritzl and incest

Posted in General, tagged , , , on May 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Fritzl, of course, is the Austrian accused of imprisoning his daughter in a cellar and fathering a family with her (three of the children also imprisoned, three raised in the aboveground household), BBC. All incest fathers are vampire fathers, they truly are draining the child’s lifeforce, but this is absolutely the most extreme case in my memory.

The question here is whether Fritzl is a sociopath. Roughly what I do is check facts and behavior against an informal checklist and then attempt to flesh out the individual and understand his motivations. For those interested there are well-thought out formal checklists for sociopathy. The linked Mask of Sanity lays out a checklist in Section III, Clinical Profile, pgs 337 – 366, or see the Table of Contents. Robert Hare, author of Without Conscience, has a formal diagnostic one, which can be used informally by anybody, in my opinion — not to diagnose, but in an attempt to understand behavior. This seems to be a reasonable overview: PCL Overview. His own site is www.hare.org.

Fritzl certainly appears to be a sociopath. There is no internal prohibition against incest for sociopathic fathers at all. Non-sociopathic incest fathers need to overcome their conscience and a very severe prohibition against such acts. For sociopathic incest fathers it is merely childhood sexplay, as is all their sex. They are absolutely, totally unaware of any “soul effect” on the daughter (or often, the son). The sociopathic sense of entitlement is absolute — check. Urge to dominate — check. Lying ability — check. Telling his wife the imprisoned daughter had run away and joined a cult. Explaining three foundlings to the authorities and his wife (the three infants he brought up from the cellar). This ability to lie while appearing totally sincere, with complete eye contact with the target to be duped is one of the key sociopathic abilities. Self confidence — check. Arrogance — check. Optimism — check. No remorse or guilt — check.

I understand he’s been complaining that his wife hasn’t visited him. Sociopaths don’t understand the “beyond the pale” aspect of their extreme behavior. For them it’s not beyond the pale, it’s not extreme. Presumably they believe all of us are capable of the same behavior or would behave the same if we thought we could get away with it. So now he’s hurt and perplexed that his wife doesn’t visit.

It’s reported that the possibility that he also molested his 19 year old daughter/grand-daughter, Kerstin, is also being investigated. (It was the hospitalization of Kerstin that exposed the whole situation.) It would be shocking if he hadn’t.

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