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arrotsevni's avatar

Great commentary! The answer lays in understanding the sociopathic mind. Read Hervey Cleckley’s “The Mask of Sanity”, 1941 and Robert Hare’s works, especially his “The Psychopathic Test” which is on line.

These people have been with us for all human development but only recently have they formed coalitions to boost each other in this power grab. Power is all they know or respect. All the evil that has ever occurred has been by them. They are the predators of others’ wealth and influence. They know no bound in their hunger for power. They simply want more power today than they had yesterday.

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Barry Brownstein's avatar

Years ago, I was teaching a principles of economic class and explaining that even the wealthiest centuries ago were paupers compared to almost anyone in the West today. Some students were so ahistorical that they wouldn't believe the numbers. One student believed the numbers but said he would rather have been powerful and relatively poor centuries ago than who he is today. At first, I thought he was joking. He wasn't. He explained he enjoyed ordering people around.

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