The Psychopathic Traits of Our Politicians and Senior Bureaucrats?

Compare the traits of a psychopath with the behavior of elected members at all levels of government and our senior bureaucrats.
A match may help to explain what’s been happening and who’s driving these catastrophes.

The 20 traits of a psychopath

The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) is composed of 20 salient traits that a psychopath may have:

1. Pathological lying
2. Glib and superficial charm
3. Grandiose sense of self
4. Need for stimulation
5. Cunning and manipulative
6. Lack of remorse or guilt
7. Shallow emotional response
8. Callousness and lack of empathy
9. Parasitic lifestyle
10. Poor behavioral controls
11. Sexual promiscuity
12. Early behavior problems
13. Lack of realistic long-term goals
14. Impulsivity
15. Irresponsibility
16. Failure to accept responsibility
17. Many short-term marital relationships
18. Juvenile delinquency
19. Revocation of conditional release
20. Criminal versatility

The Hare Psychopathy Checklist categories four major traits. These traits are Interpersonal, Emotional, Lifestyle, and Antisocial. Here are the discussions of each trait.

1. Interpersonal Traits

Pathological lying is one of the most salient characteristics of psychopaths. They use lies to cover up their true purpose. By using the charm that they have, psychopaths win over their target victim.

Their high self-worth makes them crave for more power. As a result, they want to maintain the authority and power they have.

2. Emotional Traits

Psychopaths lack remorse and guilt. Consequently, it is easy for them to manipulate or inflict pain on their victims. They will simply get away with the crime they commit.

The lack of empathy makes the psychopaths unaware of their victim’s emotional or physical turmoil. They never hold responsibility for their acts.

3. Lifestyle Trait

Psychopaths are impulsive and irresponsible. They typically have no long-term and realistic goals.

4. Antisocial Traits

Psychopaths always have difficulties in controlling their behavior. As a result, developing a social relationship is a constant and huge challenge for them.

Psychopaths are difficult to spot. You have no idea whether one of your politicians, bureaucrats, neighbors or friends is a psychopath. The 20 traits of a psychopath listed in the scale (PCL-R) will help you assess the suspected person.

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