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**giturbewan** · 09-06-2011, 08:40 PM

We're talking about psychopathy not sociopathy.

I've known quite a few SNCO and a couple Officers that were charming as hell, but couldn't get shit done when it came to actual work. Its a little hard to think of them as psychopaths because they don't fit the Hollywood model, and I have a friggin degree in the subject. Now politicians as psychopaths, yes. I totally see it and that is discounting unsettling magazine covers and hillarious internet memes. I read another study about the average intelligence of politicians and it wasn't that impressive, the authors concluded that some politicians probably get to where they are through charm and manipulation, not because they are the right people for the job.

Wouldn't surprise me in the least, I can't say a recent *cough-cough*-gate didn't strike me as an individual who has some issues, and most certainly a severe lacking in the common sense department. (I'll caveat that my education in Engineering and Business Administration don't do much towards reinforcing my psychoanalytical qualifications).

09-06-2011, 08:40 PM	#7
giturbewan Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 569 Senior Member	We're talking about psychopathy not sociopathy. I've known quite a few SNCO and a couple Officers that were charming as hell, but couldn't get shit done when it came to actual work. Its a little hard to think of them as psychopaths because they don't fit the Hollywood model, and I have a friggin degree in the subject. Now politicians as psychopaths, yes. I totally see it and that is discounting unsettling magazine covers and hillarious internet memes. I read another study about the average intelligence of politicians and it wasn't that impressive, the authors concluded that some politicians probably get to where they are through charm and manipulation, not because they are the right people for the job. Wouldn't surprise me in the least, I can't say a recent cough-cough-gate didn't strike me as an individual who has some issues, and most certainly a severe lacking in the common sense department. (I'll caveat that my education in Engineering and Business Administration don't do much towards reinforcing my psychoanalytical qualifications).
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