What do you get when you cross a sociopath with a superficial, dishonest, humorless, thin-skinned idiot? You get an idiot-politician, or, if I may coin a term, a "polidiopath." When I imagine such a person dozens of well-known politicians leap to mind. And I imagine, unless you are a "polidiopathophile," it's the same with you.
I suspect that most polidiopaths are in high office because in politics, polidiopathy rises to the top. These are people who never admit they are wrong, go to extreme lengths to cover-up their mistakes, scandals and crimes, and when confronted with their blunders and follies, blame others. They are extremely sure of themselves as leaders, and almost always lead us in the wrong direction.
Polidiopaths give themselves away by what they do in the name of public service. The following is a short list of behaviorial patterns that makes it easy to spot one. Polidiopaths:
1. Make compaign promises they know, and we know, they won't keep.
2. Pass feel-good, window-dressing laws that do more harm than good.
3. Create terrible economic problems then take credit for useless or harmful corrective legislation.
4. Lie boldly and badly to cover-up their blunders, crimes, and embarrassing behavior.
5. Never admit, in the face of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, that they are wrong.
6. Blame others for the effects of their over-governance.
7. Do whatever it takes to destroy their political enemies.
8. Use insider information to make killings in the stock market.
9. Sell their votes to special interests.
10. Pander to voters' lowest instincts.
Spotting polidiopaths in Washington and in our state capitals is as easy as spotting stars on a clear night. Getting them replaced by decent people is obviously not so easy. Low congressional approval ratings will not do the trick. In a republic, politicians reflect the citizens they represent. Before we get better leaders, we need to be better ourselves.
Thornton P. Knowles
I suspect that most polidiopaths are in high office because in politics, polidiopathy rises to the top. These are people who never admit they are wrong, go to extreme lengths to cover-up their mistakes, scandals and crimes, and when confronted with their blunders and follies, blame others. They are extremely sure of themselves as leaders, and almost always lead us in the wrong direction.
Polidiopaths give themselves away by what they do in the name of public service. The following is a short list of behaviorial patterns that makes it easy to spot one. Polidiopaths:
1. Make compaign promises they know, and we know, they won't keep.
2. Pass feel-good, window-dressing laws that do more harm than good.
3. Create terrible economic problems then take credit for useless or harmful corrective legislation.
4. Lie boldly and badly to cover-up their blunders, crimes, and embarrassing behavior.
5. Never admit, in the face of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, that they are wrong.
6. Blame others for the effects of their over-governance.
7. Do whatever it takes to destroy their political enemies.
8. Use insider information to make killings in the stock market.
9. Sell their votes to special interests.
10. Pander to voters' lowest instincts.
Spotting polidiopaths in Washington and in our state capitals is as easy as spotting stars on a clear night. Getting them replaced by decent people is obviously not so easy. Low congressional approval ratings will not do the trick. In a republic, politicians reflect the citizens they represent. Before we get better leaders, we need to be better ourselves.
Thornton P. Knowles
This is because if you are a regular person the opposition will tell lies about you. Your life will be an open book in addition to those lies. This is why regular honest people don't want to be politicians, and why sociopaths don't mind being politicians.
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