Policymakers come and go. What about the people in agencies, in institutions of power, the career employees, the agents? How would you cope with a psychopathic agent investigating you?
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Policymakers come and go. What about the people in agencies, in institutions of power, the career employees, the agents? How would you cope with a psychopathic agent investigating you?
To many crazies and I think it would be hard to accept a psychopath investigating me.
I work for a psychopath. I treat him like I treat everyone else. He is aware of his lack of empathy, knows that he is susceptible to acting in ways that are socially unacceptable, and compensates by deliberately acting to be generous, kind, and a 'softie'.
He isn't - he doesn't feel kindness, empathy, or generosity, but he performs acts that are designed to appear to be. He is utterly amoral, but consistently acts according to moral rules, because he has chosen to.
He's very intelligent. He is not cruel, power mad, or any of the things which define psychopathy, because he has chosen to live as a normal person. Psychopaths are excellent at acting, at determining what buttons to push to control people. He is quite successful and even ruthless in business, but kind to kittens, children, and little old ladies.
He doesn't feel empathy, but he acts so as to treat people kindly. He does have some issues with ego, but, again, he deliberately acts to present a humble appearance. He's actually a great guy to work for.
I genuinely feel sorry for him, and find his choices admirable. I cannot even imagine his mental landscape.
Many professionals who are psychopaths use their expertise at acting to conceal their lack of empathy and ego with consummate skill. It is the least intelligent, and those who are also otherwise deranged in addition to their emotional stunting, that show they are cruel and sadistic, because this endangers them.
Cats are all psychopaths. If you want to understand the feelings of a psychopath you need only to watch a cat torture it's prey, and then come to you for affection. Cats are also almost completely wild, even today, their DNA almost indistinguishable from wildcats. No one should expect cats to be humane, as they are not human.
Neither are psychopaths.