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14 Jun 2015, 6:59 pm

musk was never a banker who played foolish games with other people's money.



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16 Jun 2015, 10:09 pm

There's a book: "Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work" by Robert Hare who has devoted most of his academic career to the investigation of psychopathy.


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16 Jun 2015, 11:05 pm

i believe the number of sociopathic types in America is vastly undercounted.



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17 Jun 2015, 3:17 pm

auntblabby wrote:
i believe the number of sociopathic types in America is vastly undercounted.


I agree. They tend to be very charming and great liars. Many people tend to believe what the psychopaths tell them.


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17 Jun 2015, 4:10 pm

justkillingtime wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
i believe the number of sociopathic types in America is vastly undercounted.


I agree. They tend to be very charming and great liars. Many people tend to believe what the psychopaths tell them.

psycho/sociopaths wouldn't get away with it without willingly cooperative cohorts who themselves have traits of sociopathy. birds of a feather...