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Journal by Gaaark
I have nothing against capitalism: what we seem to have nowadays is Corruptism.
Corruptism is the collecting of wealth no matter who or what.
Need another dollar? Bribe a politician to make the laws favour corporations over people.
Need ANOTHER dollar? Cut wages and hours.
Need ANOTHER dollar? Layoffs.
It use to be that employers made, what, 400X what their employees made? Now an employee has to work 2-3 jobs just to live while the 'boss' feeds the pork to make ONE MORE DOLLAR!
A little more kindness would see us in a better world.
I'd like to see politicians start thinking of the people who voted for them.
Lets get back to basic Capitalism: Corruptism is not working.
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"By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began
to suspect "Hungry."
-- a Larson cartoon
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday December 13 2018, @01:58AM (2 children)
5 Surefire Signs You're Dealing With A Psychopath [forbes.com]...
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday December 20 2018, @09:03AM (1 child)
That's far from universal. I think the majority learn to hide the problems from superficial observation as a coping mechanism, but they're not all that successful at hiding their underlying emotions with even rudimentary contact. You just hear about the successful alleged psychopaths in business not the ones who die in a gang war or languish in prison.
Second, as with many mental illnesses, this is a matter of degree. Everyone exhibits to some degree these behaviors. Did you not give perfect attention to everyone's emotions? Minor lack of empathy. Wear one face for work and another for home? The same pretense that makes up "excessively charming". Ever guilt anyone into doing something? Preying on other peoples' emotions. Lie, cheat, steal? Guilt is relative, if you don't turn yourself in. And we've seen a variety of behaviors for working yourself up to the point where you can believe the other person deserves it (or rationalizing that it doesn't hurt them that much). And of course, everyone has an exaggerated sense of self and there's a variety of cognitive issues that routine come of it such as projection, double standards, and seeing the worst of others while the best of yourself.
The sociopath doesn't have some of this machinery and tends to have a far greater problem with lying, cheating, and stealing. The point here is that you brought up psychopathy as a rejoinder to a discussion of capitalism. But much of what is considered sociopathic (the better term BTW) is normal human behavior in a position of power. After all, it's generally agreed that a lot of sociopathic behavior is rewarded when one is in a position of power. And no economic system has removed the rewards for sociopathic behavior from those in power.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday December 20 2018, @07:18PM
And no economic system has removed the rewards for sociopathic behavior from those in power.
Yes, that is the major problem. Sociopathy* is highly rewarded, instinctively... It may have been a useful survival trait in the distant past, but now it is pathological, a brick wall in our evolution towards becoming human(e), if that's the direction we're headed :-) Nice guys still finish last or not at all in this world. We're on our way to becoming Klingons
*Psychopathy is really just an extreme form, I tend to use them as the same thing generally.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..