Sociopaths don't feel empathy. But they certainly know exactly what it is, and they know that normal people do feel empathy. That is very powerful knowledge, and you know how much sociopaths like powerful knowledge. By manipulating the empathy of normal people, sociopaths can gain a significant advantage over them. And they do. Let me give you an example.

Shadowself / Brook / Star (always changing identities, a sociopathic ploy) started posting at Inphinet on January 1, 2016. Her first post was used to butter up the administrator, Rose, who had invited her to join, and to put on a happy face for Rose and the home crowd. Pretending to be "one of the guys" is the first move a sociopath will make when infiltrating a new group of suckers.

In her second post, that same day, Shadowself admits she was one of Stephen's prinicpal minions at the now defunct Atticus1 forum (Rose knows it anyway, so admitting it appears honest). She disses Stephen big time, knowing full well that the forum administrator Rose has recently had major problems with Stephen / Charles / Atticus / Houdini (always changing identities, a sociopathic ploy). Shadowself also admits she has had major conflicts with Rose, but claims that was all Stephen's fault, and she wants to put that behind her. Blaming others for your actions is also a core trait of sociopaths. Shadowself also mentions, on her first day in the forum, that she has a son that died. This is important, as you will see, because it is an intentional ploy to invoke sympathy (empathy).

Post #3, again that same day, has Shadowself publicly apologizing for being such a bitch with Rose in the past, most likely at the Atticus1 forum. This is followed by buttering up Rose some more. Then Shadowself talks about two good friends of hers that recently died. This is another attempt to play with our heart-strings. Then she butters up Rose again, and puts on the happy face for all her "good buddies" in the forum.

Post #4, again that same day, is a new thread. Shadowself knows from her invitation to join the forum that Rose is seeking new members to get some activity going, and she obliges with an innocuous post about an obscure hero no one could object to.

Fast forward to today's post (March 28). Shadowself has realized I'm seeing her true nature, so she plays the dead son card big-time. No one will dare challenge a grieving mother who has lost a son. And even if Chico is foolish enough to try, the empathetic people of the forum, the suckers, will surely come to Shadowself's defense and shut Chico down. Rose is by now sufficiently well buttered up and should be supportive of her friend Brook as well. It's a masterful ploy, one worthy of an accomplished sociopath, and it might even work.

The point is that sociopaths know how to use your empathy against you. I admit, my heart ached for Shadowself when I read in her second post that her son had died. I unconsciously cut her a great deal of slack at that moment. That slack carried over for quite some time, which helped keep me blind to Shadowself's true nature in the months that followed. Even reading her post today about her dead son sucked me right in at first, but then it all clicked. I realized Shadowself was coldly manipulating me and everyone else reading her post. It's amazing how they do it, and it's amazing how we almost never catch on. I am, once again, in awe of the sociopathic mind. It is truly adept at what it does, mainly deceive and manipulate. And we, the non-sociopaths, are truly like putty in their hands.

And that needs to change.

Recognize those underlined phrases? The first is "to deceive" and the second is "to manipulate". It turns out mind control comes from sociopaths! They are the ones with the desire to deceive and manipulate in the pursuit of power and control over others. And of course that matches what we observe in the world, where media is controlled to herd the masses in the direction the controllers desire.

Here's one example of controlling the media. George Galloway and guest talk about the targeted trolling they endure as consensus and consent of the public are manufactured through the use of paid provocateur agents.



Are Paid Government Trolls Harrassing George Galloway and Neil Clark?

This guy got it in one! His parable illustrates the step-by-step thinking that the ruling sociopaths use to dominate the world. Very well done! I suggest reading the whole article, as I only quoted the introduction.

Newt Gingrich a sociopath? Who knew!

Actually, Newt's answer is indeed about hypocrisy, which is one of the defining characteristics of sociopaths.

So why are we so dense? At that level of the human hierarchy, they are almost all sociopaths! Cheney, Bush, Rice, Rumsfeld, Pelosi, Gingrich, Powell, Obama, Brzezinski, Clinton, Kissinger, Nixon, Ford, Johnson, and on and on. Sociopaths rise to the top, like cream on milk. It is inevitable that the worst sociopaths congregate at the top.

That needs to change. Until we find a way to change it, nothing will change. Evil will continue to reign until we find the way to manage sociopaths. And when we do find it, we will experience a new world that we have never known before.

We're talking Trump being a classic sociopath here. And he is. But targeting Trump in this article without analyzing the other presidential candidates smacks of an attack that can easily be dismissed as "politically motivated". And many people do exactly that because of their normality bias.

And that is a huge mistake.

We have a positive feedback loop going on here. The importance of this should not be underestimated.

I suggest the same kind of positive feedback loop happens with sociopaths (who are often narcissists too). For example, in politics, sociopaths have richer opportunities to exercise their sociopathic tendencies. Over the course of their political career, this results in a focusing or sharpening of their sociopathic skills and mindset. The result?

Professional sociopaths.

Sociopaths are already very dangerous and damaging. Imagine how dangerous and damaging professional sociopaths are.

Here it is, in a nutshell:


It kind of reminds me of everything I've been saying about sociopaths.

This is a one line Youtube comment from "Truth Found" made three years ago here. The word "wrong" in this case means morally wrong and not "strange" or "off".

That is a pretty astute comment. It means a sociopath usually recognizes when something is morally wrong, but not from any innate understanding of good and bad. No, it comes from an understanding that was learned by observing others. That sociopaths don't care shows that they lack the internal means to judge good from evil. That's why they must observe others to get this understanding. And this lack of caring is due to a lack of empathy. Without empathy, judging good from evil is reduced to evaluating what is good for one's selfish self. It is the difference between service-to-self and service-to-others. Those who practice service-to-self (sociopaths) primarily consider the benefits that they reap. Those who practice service-to-others (non-sociopaths) primarily consider the benefits that others reap, knowing that there will be a benefit to them, since they are themselves a part of "others". In other words, what's good for humanity is good for every human, including "self".

Well naturally. Sociopaths think they are better than everyone else, and wiser, and with superior discernment. I well remember UncleZook constantly pointing out his superior discernment. But the claim never matched the reality. Zook was tripped up by his own incompetence over and over again. So the solution was to eliminate the irritant (me) by whatever means possible. And when that failed, Zook disappeared.

The same thing could happen to the ruling classes. They could be made to disappear. The problem there is the power differential. The ruling classes have great wealth, and therefore great power. They can easily purchase the elimination of any irritant. And they have done so repeatedly and successfully.

When we give away our power to sociopaths, they use it against us. We need to stop giving our power away, and start wielding it ourselves for the greater good. And the greater good does not mean making the ruling classes richer and more powerful, which is how the ruling classes see things currently. No, it means lowering the wealth and power of the rich and powerful, and raising the wealth and power of the poor and powerless. It means greater equality and a more level playing field. It means liberty and justice for all.

Do you recognize it? The hypocrisy? A sociopath accusing his opponents of his own malfeasance?

America had become exactly what George H. W. Bush was describing. Under the leadership of consecutive puppet presidents (sociopaths) controlled by hidden dictators and tyrants (more sociopaths), America has created a world characterized by violence and chaos, threatened its neighbors, built arsenals brimming with weapons of mass destruction, and ignored the welfare of its own men, women and children. And America did that during the entire 20th century, and still does it today!

"Thanks", sociopaths. You suck! May we dedicate our lives to removing you from power for all time!