There are those who do have a conscience but suspend it for particular issues due to party loyalty or being mesmerized by sociopaths. This allows groups to do things that most members of the group would not do on their own. It also allows for disolution or evasion of responsibility for certain actions.
Absolutely. This is what Gustave Le Bon was saying in "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind", in the late 19th Century. But the ones who suspend conscience at least have a chance of re-engaging that conscience - there is a possibility of reaching them - but not the sociopath.
Mar 6, 2022·edited Mar 6, 2022Liked by Winston Smith
As ever, it's in the overlap of key phenomena that the genuinely intimidating measure of the challenge we face is best outlined. For example, in this larger discussion, the individuals we truly need to be most concerned about are the "charismatic sociopaths".
Another acknowledged mechanism observed in hierarchies of power is a winnowing effect, which when taken alongside the tendency of sociopaths to rise produces a tendency to concentrate nearer the top of the food chain and position their own at key functional nodes.
I've long suggested that just as beer distills into whisky and wine into brandy, the amoral nature of corporate and bureaucratic systems -- and the presence of sociopathic minds in current leadership -- distills the "4%" into a concentrated layer atop many types of organizations.
Just look into the eyes of the people in control of our institutions. The majority of those in DC have "lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes."
You know I think there has been more neurological damage by vaccines over the decades than we realise. I don't know enough about both the neurological underpinnings of sociopathy/psychopathy AND the types of neurological damage adjuvants have done to put 2 and 2 together. But I'm going to look further into this. There is a neurological shift toward a left hemisphere bias, and possibly vaccine injuries (as well as other neurotoxins in our environment + other social/emotional stressors) compound the problem. ASD is one of those conditions I believe is directly correlated with vaccine injuries (and look at how much money Big Pharma plough into debunking that theory! Must be something behind it for sure), and so it may also be the case with the personality disorders.
Thanks for that considered reply. There must be some environmental factor because that's the only thing that will explain the explosive increase in these conditions. There are just too many cases to be explained by inheritance/genetics. I've heard glyphosphate mentioned, and perhaps EM radiation. Time for a deep dive into the data...
Thank you for this great, albeit chilling article. I really enjoy your Substack. How are these sociopaths able to trick most people so well to think that they care about them and that they do have a conscience? It's all theater with them?
In a word, yes. I've had encounters counselling some couples where the guy is somewhere on a spectrum of psychopathy and narcissism - extremely charming, extremely dangerous. It's all a game to them - people's lives - a game to 'win'.
There are those who do have a conscience but suspend it for particular issues due to party loyalty or being mesmerized by sociopaths. This allows groups to do things that most members of the group would not do on their own. It also allows for disolution or evasion of responsibility for certain actions.
Absolutely. This is what Gustave Le Bon was saying in "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind", in the late 19th Century. But the ones who suspend conscience at least have a chance of re-engaging that conscience - there is a possibility of reaching them - but not the sociopath.
As ever, it's in the overlap of key phenomena that the genuinely intimidating measure of the challenge we face is best outlined. For example, in this larger discussion, the individuals we truly need to be most concerned about are the "charismatic sociopaths".
Another acknowledged mechanism observed in hierarchies of power is a winnowing effect, which when taken alongside the tendency of sociopaths to rise produces a tendency to concentrate nearer the top of the food chain and position their own at key functional nodes.
I've long suggested that just as beer distills into whisky and wine into brandy, the amoral nature of corporate and bureaucratic systems -- and the presence of sociopathic minds in current leadership -- distills the "4%" into a concentrated layer atop many types of organizations.
Just look into the eyes of the people in control of our institutions. The majority of those in DC have "lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes."
Yes I couldn't agree more - it does seem the sociopath types concentrate at the top!
Have 'soft' vaccine injuries over decades (caused by mercury preservatives or aluminium adjuvants) driven the rise of sociopaths? Genuine question.
You know I think there has been more neurological damage by vaccines over the decades than we realise. I don't know enough about both the neurological underpinnings of sociopathy/psychopathy AND the types of neurological damage adjuvants have done to put 2 and 2 together. But I'm going to look further into this. There is a neurological shift toward a left hemisphere bias, and possibly vaccine injuries (as well as other neurotoxins in our environment + other social/emotional stressors) compound the problem. ASD is one of those conditions I believe is directly correlated with vaccine injuries (and look at how much money Big Pharma plough into debunking that theory! Must be something behind it for sure), and so it may also be the case with the personality disorders.
Thanks for that considered reply. There must be some environmental factor because that's the only thing that will explain the explosive increase in these conditions. There are just too many cases to be explained by inheritance/genetics. I've heard glyphosphate mentioned, and perhaps EM radiation. Time for a deep dive into the data...
Great article! 🙌
Thank you for this great, albeit chilling article. I really enjoy your Substack. How are these sociopaths able to trick most people so well to think that they care about them and that they do have a conscience? It's all theater with them?
In a word, yes. I've had encounters counselling some couples where the guy is somewhere on a spectrum of psychopathy and narcissism - extremely charming, extremely dangerous. It's all a game to them - people's lives - a game to 'win'.