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Dec 14, 2022Liked by Harrison Koehli

Excellent piece. It's disturbing to know that this describes virtually every person with power in DC, Brussels etc.

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Very insightful, and somewhat terrifying!

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Sep 14, 2023Liked by Harrison Koehli

I have always seen Blagojevich as the standard-bearer for malignant narcissism, not psychopathy. It's possible that I either conflate the two, or that there's so much overlap that they are difficult to separate. But consider this personal anecdote:

I used to live in Chicago, not far from the governor's mansion. I once saw Blagojevich jog right through the middle of a busy, 6-way intersection, flanked by his security detail. Motorists started honking at him to get out of the road, and he waved to them as though he thought they were honking in admiration!

For a time, he was removed from office, but not yet sent to prison. I can only assume he was forced to vacate the governor's mansion at this time, but he remained in the same neighborhood. I saw him out for a jog one more time, in the same place as before, and again he ran through the same intersection, bringing traffic to a screeching halt. This time, he had no entourage—just Blago in a track suit. Again, the cars all honked at him, and again, he waved to what he assumed were his adoring fans.

This, and his stupid poofy hair, and his general clownishness, makes me think NPD and not psycho. Blagojevich was certainly a legend in his own mind.

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Malignant narcissism is pretty much a synonym for psychopathy.

Thanks for the anecdotes. Hilarious. I can picture it in my mind.

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Dec 24, 2022Liked by Harrison Koehli

This fascinates me, and I hope to be able to learn more about psychopaths entering politics. What are the hurdles that they are especially adept at clearing? What are they thinking at different stages of entering politics? Do they also have well-meaning intentions? What is the satisfaction mentally? (Most people have little satisfaction in controlling others so they are naive to those who desire it, including me.) Does profession tend to attract certain personalities or psychological conditions? What are the other personalities that enter politics? In time, to people tend to become psychotic in politics? If so, what is that process?

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Short answers:

"What are the hurdles that they are especially adept at clearing?"

Anything that would cause a normal person even a modicum of shame or guilt.

"What are they thinking at different stages of entering politics?"

Probably what they can get/take from others.

"Do they also have well-meaning intentions?"

Probably not.

"What is the satisfaction mentally? (Most people have little satisfaction in controlling others so they are naive to those who desire it, including me.)"

A bit of sadism, and basic hedonism. The satisfaction of getting what they want: money, sex, power.

"Does profession tend to attract certain personalities or psychological conditions?"

Yeah. Emphasis on "tend to", because it's not just narcissists or psychopaths.

"What are the other personalities that enter politics?"

Probably a whole variety, but with a greater than normal number of narcissists.

"In time, to people tend to become psychotic in politics?"

Not psychotic, but most normal people probably die a little inside.

"If so, what is that process?"

Steady degradation of one's values and decency.

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Dec 28, 2022Liked by Harrison Koehli

I believe there would be a great deal of benefit for citizens to know this information. Even politicians seem naïve to the reality. Many hope to "work hard to reach across the aisle," not realizing that the people on the other side of the aisle have a completely different (and terrible) view of what they wish for America to become. "But they are such nice people." If they don't understand that, then they certainly would be naïve to the fact that their may be a psychological abnormalities.

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They do, however, understand pain, like all creatures. That’s why I’m not non-violent.

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" ...the member of Parliament maintained a confident air of satisfaction. Which was why politicians were assassinated... because nothing else would faze them."

Martin Cruz Smith _Rose_

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I have been taught that this personality type is secretly terrified of everyone else. In this sense they are unknowingly "stuck in a problem" and their solution is to be psychopathic.

Your basic data looks consistent and clear. But I am sure it still confounds many as to how a being could fall into this pattern of behavior for an entire lifetime.

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Not sure I'd agree with that assessment. I haven't seen any evidence for psychopaths being secretly terrified, so to propose it as an underlying dynamic strikes me as putting a theory ahead of the data.

As for "falling" into the pattern, how about they're just born that way and can't do any differently?

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This theory is based on research on actual cases. Hubbard even developed a method to cure the psychopath. You can imagine that not that many he encountered were willing to try it, but apparently enough to very that it was workable. Of course, none of this is known or talked about in the academic world because of the demonization of Hubbard carried out by his enemies (psychopaths?).

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My working hypothesis: if they were "cured", they weren't psychopaths to begin with.

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Do not underestimate the power of real spiritual counseling!

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Could be. But also don't overestimate the potential of a spiritual black hole!

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