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sheshe2

(83,925 posts)
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 05:32 PM Jan 2014

The Conservative March Toward a Society of Sociopaths

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He’s a white male, strongly opposed to most other races and immigrants. Believes every single far right-wing economic theory imaginable and actually cited Argentina as a “beacon for true capitalism.” He has no remorse for others, seems to live in a world where he’s the focal point but he presents himself as extremely charming and personable when you first meet him. He has no problem ignoring social ethics or morals if it benefits his self interest. He’s told my friend that people should only worry about themselves, and not care about the struggles of others. That in life, self interests should trump everything else.

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A society of people who only worry about themselves. People who ostracize everyone that’s not like them. Humans that value possessions over people, and while they might give money to their church, it’s only because their church is filled with people just like them. And while these people go to church and call themselves “Christians,” they’ve somehow convinced themselves that Jesus Christ was some selfish, hateful, judgmental person who valued his own self interest over the betterment of others less fortunate than himself.

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Because see, in a society of sociopaths, greed is good. Greed is the driving force behind their existence. It’s acceptable in a society of sociopaths for people like the Koch brothers to oppose minimum wage and health care, while being worth tens of billions of dollars, because a sociopath doesn’t feel they owe anything to anyone.

If their workers are underpaid, overworked, lack benefits or safe working conditions, in the mind of a sociopath—who cares? Quit and get another job or stop complaining because they don’t owe workers anything. They only have an obligation to themselves and their own self interests. If workers want better pay, safer working conditions or benefits—find another job. If you can’t find a job which offers any of that—too bad.

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The Conservative March Toward a Society of Sociopaths (Original Post) sheshe2 Jan 2014 OP
Here they come - the March of the Suckered ProlePuppets (R) Berlum Jan 2014 #1
you said it perfectly. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #3
The ruling class suffer from a class induced form of sociopathy. rhett o rick Jan 2014 #2
sounds like Lyin Ryan weissmam Jan 2014 #4
The 1% became billionares d/t being sociopathic--not caring & predators on the 99% hue Jan 2014 #5
their power and acceptability gets a huge boost from our local RW radio stations and the certainot Jan 2014 #6

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
1. Here they come - the March of the Suckered ProlePuppets (R)
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 05:37 PM
Jan 2014

Swallowing the heavily financed Right Wing Lies & Spin, they head away from everything that makes America wonderful, and head for the dumbed-down, minimum-wage, gun-packing Totalitarian Homeland their 1% PuppetMasters have designed for them.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
2. The ruling class suffer from a class induced form of sociopathy.
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 07:02 PM
Jan 2014

They dont want us to die, they just are ambivalent when we do.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
6. their power and acceptability gets a huge boost from our local RW radio stations and the
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 08:20 PM
Jan 2014

fact that we let them ride our college sports mascots and give them a total free speech free ride- there is no organized challenge to the right's best weapon, the major enabler and excuser of much of the sociopathy and greed.

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