tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post4911845458555168767..comments2024-03-28T18:11:29.865-04:00Comments on UNDERNEWS: Obama and Cameron playing dangerous games next to the other guy's turfUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-38370111882942141412014-09-07T09:16:59.296-04:002014-09-07T09:16:59.296-04:00Sam, they're undiagnosed psychopaths. That...Sam, they're undiagnosed psychopaths. That's what psychopaths in high places do: play status games with us as the chips.<br /><br />"Psychopath" is not in the DSM, but it's the term used by, among others (like me), Robert Hare PhD, the acknowledged expert on the syndrome and the author of the standard assessment instrument, the PCL-R.<br /><br />Not all psychopaths are identical of course, but diagnosis can be boiled down to the presence or absence of one feature: they routinely exploit other people (human and non-) without hesitation or remorse.<br /><br />If we don't want to be the chips in their vicious power games, then we need to band together and make sure they go into confinement rather than high office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com