Americans don’t just like sociopaths. We admire them. What is it about a “free people” that makes us appreciate those who lie to us, cheat and steal from us? Is it the psychological attraction of power unbounded by accountability? Yet there are added underlying ideological reasons we find sociopaths so alluring. Many are based on […]
The Sociopath Olympics
The Winners Are… We have the Oscars. There’s the World Cup, the World Series, the Super Bowl. But despite their increasingly important role in our lives, sociopaths lack sufficient recognition. In a competitive world where achievement is readily celebrated, sociopaths need their own public competition. Now is the time for the Madoff Prize. And not just […]
