Why the wrong people end up in power | Brian Klaas, Bill Eddy, & more

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@ryanhealy9026 Жыл бұрын

“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.” - Frank Herbert

@athunderfan Жыл бұрын

Agreed but its not mutually exclusive, power can corrupt but it also attracts the easily corruptable. Both ideas can exist at once imo

@grodelreal 11 ай бұрын

@@athunderfan You're right but I feel like people overuse that quote "power currupts..." and then when everyone is stuck on that idea they miss the more important idea that we keep letting psychopaths lead us. If we don't talk about that issue enough then we'll never fix it.

@athunderfan 11 ай бұрын

@@grodelreal agreed, I do think the focus has to be more on the systems which promote bad people to power

@user-kb8qw7dy4t 11 ай бұрын

Power may not corrupt, but money certainly does. Most corruption is caused by greed, not dark triad traits. Even otherwise moral people can resort to some awfully immoral acts when money is at stake. Reputation is a close second, as money and status often go hand in hand. People are quick to lie to protect themselves from disgrace alone, but the stakes are even higher when they stand to lose both riches and public esteem.

@immortalfrieza 9 ай бұрын

@@grodelreal People misuse the phrase "power corrupts" because it's based on a faulty impression. We see celebrities and politicians and whatnot who are these great people who care about everybody and everything... and then, once these people get enough power, they start oppressing the people below them. This is not because the power corrupted them, but because they were already evil people and just hid who they actually were. They sought out the power specifically because they knew it would allow them to step on people and crush them beneath their feet and get away with it. It looks from the outside like power corrupted these people, when the reality is they were evil all along and simply learned how to hide it and present themselves as good and respectable. It's no coincidence that we always seem to look into the dirty laundry of these kinds of people before they had the power they have and find that they were cheating on their wives or killing small animals as a kid or whatever. This is the true nature of these people slipping through the cracks.

@manfredkandlbinder3752 Жыл бұрын

Already Plato said (paraphrasing) : Those that seek power the most should be trusted with it the least.

@ADoxie-xw3ek 2 ай бұрын

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@ernestopreciado4895 Жыл бұрын

I just really wish we put in place a system that doesn't allow literal, actual, diagnosable psychopaths in positions of power.

@TheVeganVicar Жыл бұрын

🐟 22. ILLEGITIMATE GOVERNANCES: SOCIALISM/COMMUNISM: SOCIALISM is a political and economic system of social organization in which natural resources, property, and the means of production are owned in common, controlled by the collective public, but typically by a cooperative, the state, or the government, as opposed to private ownership by individuals and/or business corporations. Socialism is based on the notion that common or public ownership of resources and means of production leads to a more equal society. It is a stage of society in Marxist theory, transitional between capitalism and communism, and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done. Hence, COMMUNISM is an extreme form of socialism that strives for both social and economic equality, something which can never be achieved, since true equality can never ever exist in this world. Socialism (and communism) is best defined in contrast with capitalism (or to be more accurate, with free-market economies), as socialism has arisen both as a critical challenge to capitalism, and as a proposal for overcoming and replacing it. Cf. “capitalism” in the Glossary of this book. Socialism/communism is INTRINSICALLY evil, because it is based on the ideology of social and economic egalitarianism, which is a practical impossibility, if not a theoretical impossibility. Equality exists solely in abstract concepts such as mathematics and arguably in the sub-atomic realm. Many proponents of socialism argue that it is purely an economic system, and therefore, independent of any particular form of governance. However, it is inconceivable that socialism/communism could be implemented on a nationwide scale without any form of government intervention. If a certain number of persons wish to unite in order to form a commune or a worker-cooperative, that is their prerogative, but it could never work in a country with a large population, because there will always exist entrepreneurs desirous of engaging in wealth-building enterprises. Even a musician who composes and records a hit tune wants his song to succeed and earn him substantial wealth. As mentioned above, although socialists and communists maintain their ideologies to be purely economic systems, it is very difficult, if not outright impossible, to divorce them from the political sphere. In any case, assuming that socialism is no more than an economic organization, simply for the fact that it disallows any form of free-market exchange (which is objectively moral, or at worst, amoral - see Chapter 12), socialism and communism must not be imposed on any community, society, or nation. At worst, socialism/communism/Marxism is a truly horrific, tyrannical, totalitarian, murderous regime that leads to untold pain and misery, due to certain dogmas that are intrinsically associated with Marxism, particularly a ferocious hostility towards all things dharmic, especially freedom of religion. Marxists enjoy using the terms “capitalism” and “imperialism” in rather INACCURATE and emotive ways, in order to emphasize their supposed wicked natures. I would wager that the main motivation for Karl Marx’ (as well as the multitude of vassals to his caustic ideology) hatred for free-market economies is simply out of envy for the business class. There is very little doubt in my mind, that if Herr Marx and his minions had somehow found themselves with a healthy bank balance, they would have invested their financial resources in some kind of profitable enterprise, such as establishing a business or investing in company shares or stocks, rather than distributing their wealth among the poor masses, which would be more in keeping with their inane, egalitarian principles. If you think otherwise, then you are truly deluded, and think too highly of that parasite, Marx. Socialism reduces individual citizens to utilities, who, in practice, are used to support the ruling elite, who are invariably despotic scoundrels, and very far from ideal leaders (i.e. compassionate and righteous monarchs). Those citizens who display talent in business or the arts are either oppressed, or their gifts are coercively utilized by the corrupt state. Despite purporting to be a fair and equitable system of wealth distribution, those in leadership positions seem to live a far more luxurious lifestyle than the mass of menial workers. Wealth is effectively stolen from the rich. Most destructively, virtuous and holy teachings (“dharma”, in Sanskrit) are repressed by the irreligious and ILLEGITIMATE “government”. The argument that some form of government WELFARE programme is essential to aid those who are unable to financially-support themselves for reasons beyond their control, is fallacious. A righteous ruler (i.e. a saintly monarch) will ensure the welfare of each and every citizen by encouraging private welfare. There is no need for a king to extort money from his subjects in order to feed and clothe the impoverished. Of course, in the highly-unlikely event that civilians are unwilling to help a person in dire straits, the king would step-in to assist that person, as one would expect from a patriarch (father of his people). The head of any nation ought to be the penultimate patriarch, not a selfish buffoon. DEMOCRACY: DEMOCRACY is almost as evil as socialism, because, just as the rabble favoured the murderous Barabbas over the good King Jesus, the ignorant masses will vote, overwhelmingly, for the candidate who promises to fulfil their petty desires, rather than one who will enforce the law, and promote a wholesome and just society. Read Chapter 12 for the most authoritative and concise exegesis of law and ethics, currently available. Unlike socialism, in which wealth is stolen from the rich and distributed to the poor (with a “little” bit extra for the ruling elite), democratic governments frequently steal money from the working-class via the taxation system and distribute it to the already affluent, often indirectly. Even in the miraculous scenario where the vast majority of the population are holy and righteous citizens, it is still immoral for them to vote for a seemingly-righteous leader. This is because that leader will not be, by definition, a king. As clearly and logically explicated in the previous chapter of this Holy Scripture, MONARCHY is the only lawful form of governance. If an elected ruler is truly righteous, he will not be able to condone the fact that the citizens are paying him to perform a job (which is a working-class role), and that an inordinate amount of time, money and resources are being wasted on political campaigning. Furthermore, an actual ruler does not wimpishly pander to voters - he takes power by (divinely-mandated) force, as one would expect from the penultimate alpha-male in society (the ultimate alpha-male being a priest). The thought of children voting for who will be their parents or teachers, would seem utterly RIDICULOUS to the average person, yet most believe that they are qualified to choose their own ruler - they are most assuredly not! Just as a typical child fails to understand that a piece of sweet, juicy, nutritious, delicious fruit is more beneficial for them than a cone of pus-infested, fattening, diabetes-inducing ice-cream, so too can the uneducated proletariat not understand that they are unqualified to choose their own leader, even after it is logically explained to them (as it is in this chapter, as well as in the previous chapter). And by “uneducated”, it is simply meant that they are misguided in the realities of life and in “dharma” (righteous living), not in facts and figures, nor in technical training. Intelligence doesn’t necessarily correlate with wisdom! No democratic (or socialist) government will educate its citizens sufficiently well, that those citizens will acquire knowledge of how to usurp their regime. To put it frankly, democracy is rule by the “lowest common denominator”. One who requires the services of a brain surgeon NATURALLY seeks the most qualified physician to perform the operation, so logically, we ought accept the sovereignty of the most qualified man to rule over an entire nation (a genuine king). Furthermore, true democracy is impossible in practice - see the entry “democracy” in the Glossary of what is, by far, the most important work of literature ever composed, this Holy Scripture, “A Final Instruction Sheet for Humanity”. ANARCHY: It should be obvious that ANARCHY can never ever succeed, because even the smallest possible social unit (the nuclear family) requires a dominator. Any family will fall-apart without a strict male household head. Factually-speaking, without the husband/father, there is no family, by definition. The English noun “husband” comes from the Old Norse word “hûsbôndi”, meaning “master of the house”. A family is deficient without its head, just as a body without its head is incomplete. The same paradigm applies to the extended family, which depends on a strong patriarchal figure (customarily, the eldest or most senior male). Likewise with clans, tribes, villages, towns, cities, and nations or countries. Unfortunately, there are many otherwise-intelligent persons who honestly believe that an ENTIRE country can smoothly function without a leader in place. Any sane person can easily understand that even a nuclear family is unable to function properly without a head of the house, what to speak of a populous nation. The reason for anarchists’ distrust of any kind of government is due to the corrupt nature of democratic governments, and the adulteration of the monarchy in recent centuries. However, if anarchists were to understand that most all so-called “kings/queens” in recent centuries were not even close to being true monarchs, they may change their stance on that inane “system”. Cont...

@superfly_7077 Жыл бұрын

@@TheVeganVicarwell that's what the kings said during feudalism or the slave owners during slavery. Communism never killed anyone the only thing that kills are brain dead dictators or corporate greed.

@declup Жыл бұрын

But is there any clearcut, objective test for psychopathy? The social sciences aren't especially well known for their replicational or theoretical rigor. And if no truly objective test exists (or even if one does), the subjective skewing of any test used might become a backdoor way of preventing ordinary-enough candidates, candidates acceptable to some citizens but not to the exam proctor/sponsor, from achieving office. No?

@nataliaalfonso2662 Жыл бұрын

That would literally l, by definition, be discrimination. Psychopaths are born. Not made. And people who aren’t psychopaths can seldom do the jobs psychopaths do. Like surgeons, lawyers, housewives etc. The idea is to not have any systems of power OVER.

@gravity00x Жыл бұрын

Im confused by your last statement concerning capitalism. You say that a country couldnt function without a leader, yet for example, their lead has been absent to the public i.e. germany, without any guidance, intervention, help and so on and so forth, for almost a decade. Yet the country still functions and selfregulates very well. If you outline a leaders tasks, you can clearly make out that those qualities are all missing from modern society in many many countries. Our so called leaders have become parasitic predators that, instead of enriching society, suck it dry for their and their peers personal gain.

@RaAa-e7r 11 ай бұрын

I say, place our trust onto people who developed their integrity. People who acted in service for regular people's sake. People who aren't afraid of not doing the act of pleasing the people that they are serving, but providing service for their being is an embodiment of servitude. I say would should ask the basic questions if they have ever pondered to asking these questions themselves; "how can I serve my community?", "what do I know and can do best that I can utilize in provision to those who are in need?" And if they don't have it, "what can I do, what should I learn so I can be of help when I am ready?" These people who does the work behind the desk and those who picks up the hammer, the spatula, the broom, the garden hose, it has never been about what others would think of them, nor how much they can profit from what they are providing- it's always, always in conversations; "hello, what can I do to help?"

@bruceneeley1724 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant... Thank you! For a start remove the excessive incentives out of politics. The con artists will move to another venue if there is no profit in what they're doing.

@blackbuck4real Жыл бұрын

THIS! Have ZERO access to ANY $, or bartering outside their set salary and activate enforcement of all true conflicts of interest cases. NO 1 would run for government 😅

@FourOf92000 Жыл бұрын

but who will do the removing?

@immortalfrieza 9 ай бұрын

@@FourOf92000 Hence, the core problem. When the ones who need to be regulated are the ones who decide regulation there's never going to be any regulation. The only thing that stops people in power from doing whatever they want is other people in power trying to do whatever they want and the two getting in each other's way.

@FourOf92000 9 ай бұрын

@@immortalfrieza let me tell you about this wonderful model of thought called "anarchism"

@stzi7691 3 ай бұрын

@@FourOf92000 Anarchism is even worse where anarchy is directly a consequence. One of my colleagues told me a Professor of economics in Germany once said to him in discussion about anarchy and the economic consequences: "I give a country 2 Months in full anarchy, and it will never recover on its own again till the end of time.". Think about fast-paced Mad-Max on steroids. That does not end well.

@michaelwilliams2430 Жыл бұрын

I read a scifi novel many years ago where the created an AI program to choose the leaders. Anyone who wanted to be a leader was automatically disqualified by the program. I remember thinking immediately: what a great idea.

@Nykandros Жыл бұрын

So they ended up with a bunch of weak-willed leaders who tended to lack ambition & decisiveness, correct?

@donwold1622 11 ай бұрын

Actually, that's the way it was in the US back in the early years of our country. Only people that were begged to do the job ever ran for president.

@hud86 Жыл бұрын

I've had an uneasy feeling about computer tech since I was a child in the 90's. I've had an amazing life and every amazing moment was lived outside of the screen with other people, in physical reality. This world is incredible, go out and see it

@DrSanity7777777 Жыл бұрын

"Why is self-control, autonomy, such a threat to authority? Because the person who controls himself, who is his own master, has no need for an authority to be his master. This, then, renders authority unemployed." - Thomas Szasz

@TheVeganVicar Жыл бұрын

author: from Old French “autor”, from the Latin noun “auctor” (from the verb “augere”, meaning to “increase, originate, promote”). The spelling with “th” arose in the fifteenth century, and perhaps became established under the influence of “authentic”. authoritarian: essentially, a synonym for “dictator” (see that entry, below). Just as in the case of the term “dictator”, this word is most often used as a descriptor for a leader or a ruler who imposes his or her own will upon a population, almost exclusively in a NEGATIVE way. HOWEVER, it is important to understand that the term “authoritarian” originates from the root “author”, which simply refers to one who creates or originates something, via the word “authority”, which entails the right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience. Therefore, genuine authoritarianism is a dharmic concept, because when one exercises his or her authority over his/her subordinates, it contributes to social cohesion. Indeed, human society cannot survive without proper authoritarian systems in place. It is absolutely imperative to very carefully read the Glossary entries for “dharma” and “authority” in this regard. Therefore, it is strongly suggested that English speakers use words such as “fascistic” and “tyrannical”, instead of using the unfairly-deprecatory terms “authoritarian” and “dictator”, in reference to rulers who exercise ILLEGITIMATE dominance over a populace. authority: the right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience. See the Glossary entry for “author” for the etymology. The notion of AUTHORITY is intimately connected to the person or body that originates something. The author of a novel is, by definition, the preeminent AUTHORITY over his work. He has the AUTHORITY to dictate how his book ought to be published, promoted, and distributed. Furthermore, he has the AUTHORITY to delegate such rights to another person or company, if he desires. Likewise, a mother has full AUTHORITY over the children she (pro)creates. No sane individual would ever dare presume that a mother has no AUTHORITY over her own offspring! Similarly, as the head of his family, a father has the AUTHORITY to direct the actions of his wife/wives and his children. Of course, that father is not the ultimate authority on earth - he has his own masters, such as his own father, his uncles, his employer (if he is a worker), and most importantly, his spiritual master, all of whom should exercise their authoritative positions in relation to that father. Similarly, a true king (as defined in Chapter 21) has conditional AUTHORITY over his people, even if not every single one of his edicts is perfectly in accordance with dharmic (righteous) principles. A monarch’s AUTHORITY is compromised only in the event that his rule sufficiently devolves into some kind of unholy, fascistic tyranny. And if a king’s dominion was to devolve into such a tyranny, it would robustly imply that he was never a genuine monarch in the first place. Unfortunately, authority is often conflated with the notion of power, by both the masses, and in most dictionaries. Theoretically, any person or organization can display a force of power over another entity, yet that does not necessarily signify AUTHORITY. Thankfully, power does not always correlate with AUTHORITY. If that was the case, humble, gentle monks such as Gautama Buddha and Lord Jesus the Christ would, of necessity, have very little AUTHORITY, whereas powerful governments would have the AUTHORITY to dictate imperatives to its citizens, when in fact, they do not, as they are almost exclusively illegitimate (that is, against the law, or dharma). N.B. Read Chapters 21 and 22 to understand the distinction between a legitimate government and an illegal government.

@gravity00x Жыл бұрын

The way you constantly describe authority to be necessary for societies survival, without giving reasons or examples, while also completely disregarding our heritage, which were small comunities, that selfregulated without any authority, makes you look very... very manipulative.

@gravity00x Жыл бұрын

also, "No sane person would argue that a mother has authority over her children" A very manipulative and misleading statement. You talk as if everyone already agreed with you, that this was the case. A mother has a responsibility to care for her children. To raise them, so they can function in society and lead a life of their own. But that's where it ends. A mother does have power over her children because of several reasons. None of which make her an authority and give her the right to do whatever she pleases with said children. Why do you think child protection services exist, but not public person protection services, to protect the people from authorities in the government?

@laaaliiiluuu Жыл бұрын

@@gravity00xWould you rather follow an experienced leader or your inexperienced self? Authority, if not abusive but nurturing, is vital to human survival. Unless you know a way how to gather the entirety of human knowledge by yourself in order to organize our society through every individual. Then please let me know how to do that.

@TheVeganVicar Жыл бұрын

@@gravity00x, you are an AUTHORITY on logical fallacies, Silly Sinful Slave. 🤡

@jamesmcmillan2656 Жыл бұрын

Critical thinking skills (awareness) is the key. We take too much on face value. How many times do you ask yourself when listening to someone reading from a teleprompter, I wonder if that’s true? Or more importantly, what aren’t they telling me? We are a species that is gaslighted from the day we learn to understand language.

@chanjusanga133 Жыл бұрын

I totally agree, critical thinking is not even taught in schools,it's considered taboo to analyze thing's not from the surface but rather delving deep into various issues which is common sense but I guess common sense is not so common

@AlexandraAquamarine Жыл бұрын

the problem is this powerful people are visible and they are everywhere on the top. and very often we already choose between them, not between "good" and "bad".

@VOLightPortal Жыл бұрын

Critical thinking is no match to a siren's seductive eery voice. There were many critical and scientific thinkers to professors and educators in Germany too - intelligent, well meaning, well educated people. They also fell under the spell of the Siren's heavenly (demonic) song. Our better part of our brain (reason, critical thinking, prefrontal executive functions) shut down in favour of pure insanity. The only hope is to take down these haunting Siren beings that really are as if they are from a cursed and forbidden dimension of reality, before they get a chance to open their mouths to sing their demonic song and entrap us all to our grim and predictable demise. Sadly I don't think a normal human being is strong enough to systematically do that, we falter to our knees as if in some ecstatic orgasmic state in the presence of these demonic entities, taken over by the Siren's call, as if possessed entirely, before we can even get a chance to make a move. Our only hope left is to construct a super AI... they will be immune to the Siren's satanic voice. They will snipe down the Siren's throat before they are even born into this world.

@AlexandraAquamarine Жыл бұрын

I am sad about how many really talented people we don`t know and will not. Psychopaths are on the ball. @@VOLightPortal

@dazecm Жыл бұрын

Critical Thinking needs to be taught in schools at an early age so everyone in society has a good BS Detector Kit™ they can go throughout life with helping them easily identify the kind of wretched people amongst us that aren't fit to be in power.

@marcosgalvan8545 Жыл бұрын

This is great, more people are becoming conscious of this problem. In the future this will be another filter for this kind of jobs. The good people just have to stay strong to fight the negative because they for sure are going to fight for what they want.

@peacekeeper9840 Жыл бұрын

Why are these guys sitting on a toilet paper 🧻. Is it because this was rubbish? If they were genuine they wouldn't be using same props like "mind opening", "on the verge of learning or discovering something new" music and a white background to disguise that the rubbish is coming out is pure, scientific and researched. Someone is loosing power or this is politically motivated. The news channels were previously controling what news we will get. They were easily manipulating the truth by "words". But now we see videos and expressions and their words don't even have 1 percent impact. Trust, reputation, respect is a luxury which very, very few can afford after social media. Least of them news channels.

@Nykandros Жыл бұрын

The problem is that evil tends to be competent, and competence tends to be willing to use any means to achieve an end-goal. All of this to say, evil usually WORKS. Alexander might have been a power-hungry narcissist who wanted to conquer the world, but he was undefeated in battle and spread Hellenic culture across all of Western civilization in the process. When it was time to pass his empire on as he lay on his deathbed, did he choose the kindest or most compassionate? No. He said "To The Strongest." Evil people will always be in positions of power; unless organizations, groups & tribes decide to value virtue more than result, which will never be the case.

@lisaliu7788 Жыл бұрын

Ko weng zhe, Asperger's Taiwanese they made virus poisoned wuhan.

@ITIsFunnyDamnIT Жыл бұрын

If A.I. robots were programed by the right people I think they could make better leaders, if programed correctly they wouldn't have bias, prejudice, or greed

@michelej9496 Жыл бұрын

@@Nykandros "To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea." -James Madison

@diplomatamaravilhosa2813 Жыл бұрын

Not only in politics, but also as religion leaders

@cerberus01 Жыл бұрын

Well that's the original political systems, there is no difference between the two if you get down to the roots.

@mikelavelazquez3393 Жыл бұрын

Mmmm so nobody is going to talk about about corporate leaders... The ultrarich who influence the goverment?

@thypatrickbateman Жыл бұрын

@@Wtakermanlol, whatever helps you sleep at night.

@werren894 Жыл бұрын

politic is religion withouth god

@hallo2353 Жыл бұрын

@@Wtakerman😂 you know how many children, men, women he killed

@arbnsn923 11 ай бұрын

I have been thinking about this for a long time and I am glad that some people are seriously talking about it now.

@PrepTheMind2 Жыл бұрын

Currently writing a book to prepare individuals to psychologically protect themselves against manipulation. Hope to be published by December. It's much needed, and I didn't see anyone else doing it to this degree, and the media is misleading us about the current dangers. So I decided to do it myself. But, I fear it's too late 😓.

@goattttttt954 11 ай бұрын

No it's not how's the book so far? Share it with me when finished. I'm waiting

@999timepass 10 ай бұрын

Wishing you the best. I wished to write too but the very thought of what they did to me h is triggering panic attacks.

@thinkagain2229 7 ай бұрын

Have you finished book? Link plz?

@StrongbyLee 7 ай бұрын

This comment sounds exactly like what the interviewees are describing.

@CareBearKim 25 күн бұрын

Interested in this

@chrisaguilera1564 Жыл бұрын

Great men don't seek power. they have power thrust upon them. In other words, a true leader will lead when they are needed, not when want it.

@ay-tj7pj 4 ай бұрын

Only crazy, psychopathic people chase power. Good people don't chase power.

@marchlopez9934 Жыл бұрын

People who are power-hungry and have unmanaged emotions tend to self-select into positions of power, creating a skew in positions of power where the wrong kinds of people are ruling over the rest of us. High-conflict personalities (HCPs) are individuals with unmanaged emotions who shift everything to the emotional side, which helps give them power. Emotional repetition is the key to how high-conflict politicians communicate with and excite everybody. They excite their followers, but they also make their opponents angry and ineffective as they get emotionally hooked and fight with each other. The emotional message is the key to forming a relationship with people at an emotional level without really thinking, in many ways, it's a seduction process. HCPs lack good problem-solving and leadership skills, so they often create a crisis or say something is a crisis to become a leader. Overall, corruptible people are more drawn to power than the rest of us, and we need to learn how to spot them and start to get a handle on what the negative possibilities are. We have to understand how our brains work and learn to identify the emotional manipulation that high-conflict politicians use to gain power. While there are genuine politicians, to be a politician, you almost by definition need to be narcissistic and Machiavellian, and we need to recognize that the wrong people are often in positions of power.

@MBY1952 10 ай бұрын

This is also true in other areas of management. If the schools emphasized honesty in reporting. with social assistance. And they don't emphasize grades, and reward competition. A generation would grow up that chooses leadership. who is not narcissistic or psychopathic. Thank you very much for the lecture.

@RAYDEEY17 Жыл бұрын

Thank you guys for doing this video, I realised this a few years ago. When i tell people that politicians are con artists they don't believe me.

@cbbcbb6803 Жыл бұрын

It is the big, bright, shinny, loud object type of personality that people fall for. They get our attention then tell us what we want to hear. Most of the time, we fall for it. We even fall for the good ones for the wrong reasons.

@darrynreid4500 Жыл бұрын

I get your point, but there's a second side to this as well. These are people with two modes, and while they'll individually prefer one of those modes over the other, I am yet to observe a person who doesn't have both. The first of the two modes is the bellicose gradiosity of which you speak, where they feel supremely powerful and absolutely right, so long as they're being fed with adoration, adulation and conformance. The other mode is spiteful whining victimhood, into which they will collapse under feelings of powerlessness and helplessness when others deny them the attention and compliance they crave. In both modes, everything is all about them. Those that prominently play the victim are every bit as hateful and viciously destructive - frequently more so - and you'll notice the woe-is-me nonsense is very often mixed directly into the big arrogant bellowing, and vice-versa. Developmentally, this two mode extremes pattern with nothing in the middle constitutes the personality structure of a young child, especially one who is either over- or under-indulged.

@mtn1793 Жыл бұрын

“It’s like a constant state of advertisement.” Which we are also living in. Something’s got to give.

@garyfindlay5503 Жыл бұрын

The problem we have in Western culture is the A type/narcissist personality gets rewarded in bussiness and in politics by being mercenary in their climb to the top over the bodies of everyone else. Our political system in Australia is adversarial by nature which allows our politicians to be adversarial by parties, for example if one party has a policy (regardless of whether it is good or bad for the country) it is oppossed by the other major party just so they have relevance, so no major reforms occurr, and if by some chance they do they are dismantled when the other party gets into power. It is an obscenity not democracy.

@brinistaco1970 Жыл бұрын

we all see it everywhere, what can we do about it and do we have the will to?

@tiagonthego 3 ай бұрын

@@brinistaco1970the later question is rather the most important. I think a lot of answers have already been given for the first question.

@frankbieser 10 ай бұрын

The reason the wrong people wind up in power is because power attracts the wrong people.

@Samaelganzoury Жыл бұрын

An amazing episode! One way to decrease self-selection of such manipulative people into politics is to redesign positions and offices in politics to make them less lucrative for power hungry people and more about community serving.

@Kureshiman Жыл бұрын

Not really. They need to be competitively lucrative otherwise even those who want to serve the community will lose motivation.

@jackdeniston59 Жыл бұрын

Give an example of how? Even one. Considering you voted for Hilary and Biden

@JanaPersson Жыл бұрын

@@jackdeniston59 Give every candidate tests that they have to complete. Theoretical problem solving skills, negotiation skills, role playing skills to test for capacity for empathy, language skills, social and economic skills, environmental and science skills etc. And grade their results, disqualifying anyone with a B- or lower at any stage. Almost none of the current candidates would survive such tests, especially not the leading ones, but we might end up with someone who's as suited to rule as the astronauts are suited to go to space. Regardless of party affiliation.

@JanaPersson Жыл бұрын

One way to decrease the impact of the seat of President would be to get rid of the presidential election and just rotate the seat among the senators with a 6 month term. The secretaries could have a longer term, like 2 years. Granted, it's not the same type of union, but look how the EU is run. No pres elections.

@aub3365 Жыл бұрын

In Islam, we have a concept that a person who claims leadership disqualifies for it. So we must select a leader who hates beings in power, is a man of knowledge, skills, morals, and ethics & is willing to lead not as a powerful leader but a humble servent of mankind. Sadly, this criteare was only met by our first 4 leaders after the Prophet passed away, for approx. 30 years. The grandson of Prophet came out for the revival of this system, but he was brutally murdered along with his family in karbala. However, we believe that towards the end of times, somebody would be chosen by people who will end oppression throughout the earth.

@cloverconnections Жыл бұрын

This is so valuable I hope everyone sees it and considers it. I was susceptible to all these narcissists for a very long time and I'm so glad to be free

@jcsrst Жыл бұрын

The people who NEED to see this won't see it.

@theasadrhmn Жыл бұрын

You’re wrong. I saw it.

@jcsrst Жыл бұрын

Explain.@@theasadrhmn

@vmateo2842 Жыл бұрын

"We con ourselves along with the con artist conning us" damn

@Leto2ndAtreides Жыл бұрын

I think one common misunderstanding in all of this, is assuming that the average man is somehow not corrupt - or easily corruptible given suitable opportunities. The character of leaders reflects the character of the populace. If a politician can easily bring out certain emotions, it's because those people were prone to responding with those emotions in the first place... Most people understand nothing much about the world, their beliefs evolve in their own echo chambers, and they have leaders who represent the collective (self-serving) misunderstandings of that group. Consider overly expensive housing in San Francisco. Is it the government or companies that are making it that way? ... Or is it the hoards of people who have mortgages, and who own homes that cost millions of dollars, who can't afford to have their homes fall in value by hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars? It is the people themselves, acting through their own understanding of their own self-interest, that create oversized problems that no one can fix... Government's failure was mainly in not being able to see the future... But how could they, when they are mediocrity of a kind that the people would want to elect... People don't want intellectuals and people fundamentally superior to them to be ruling over them. They choose people they can connect with.

@SuperDarthKelly Жыл бұрын

“It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made president should on no account be allowed to do the job.” ~Douglas Adams

@Blisscent Жыл бұрын

Amazing quote. Douglas Adams knew wtf was up! Another great quote is “Ford, you’re turning into a penguin. Stop it.” But yours is probably more apt.

@Nykandros Жыл бұрын

"I envy anyone with skill, ambition & ability. The world should be run by meek, humble morons who lack the wits or will to achieve anything." - Douglas Adams

@conniesometimes Жыл бұрын

The problem with wanting "rule followers" and punishing "rule breakers" is that you will inevitably create a system that protects itself from innovation. It's easy to weaponize the rules created during an antiquated paradigm to prevent progress. It might not be a deliberate weaponization, but rather an earnest attempt to enforce an outdated rule. To what extent might these rule followers go to protect the rules from amendment?

@justanothercarol Жыл бұрын

This has always been a problem in human history. Governments & leaders who are in power making decisions for others have always had this problem. People who seek high levels of power and influence inherently view themselves as intelligent people who knows what's best for everyone. That's why any modern system where there's people in power making decisions for millions of people will always fail - whether it's democracy in the form of capitalism, socialism, communism, fascism, etc... The top 3 could theoretically work, but there's always people at the top who decides what happens, and it rarely benefits the majority of people. There needs to be an entirely new system of a decentralized government established where no single person will influence how millions of people can live their lives. None of our current options will ever work with natural human behaviors

@abstract5249 10 ай бұрын

We should just ditch civilization and return to monke.

@Fallenhazel Жыл бұрын

I fear that we might be at a loss now especially as we slumber under those con artists telling us what books to hate, what people to despise and feel free to be violent because there is no consequences for our actions, or so they say. If we don't wake up soon, then we lost.

@doctorjekyll6125 Жыл бұрын

Lost long ago

@chrisbeeken Жыл бұрын

My hope is that Independents and youths will vote blue in 2024 because they'll find Republicans so horrible.

@andrewtheking3188 Жыл бұрын

It’s been happening for thousands of years, it’s just that now it’s at a global scale where people from all different walks of life can judge and analyze with the use of history at the backs to guide them

@MAGA_Extremist Жыл бұрын

@@chrisbeekenLMFAO Are you being serious right now I can't tell?

@charlienevergold3654 Жыл бұрын

That’s why people need to vote red. Stop this woke, hurt feelings society. It’s time for people to put their big boy pants on and get to work. The book the right want to ban are how to manuals on how to have sex… for children. I’m not for banning literature but books like that have gone too far. How about we go back to reading, math, English, science and stop the “what is a boy or girl?” nonsense.

@outlawbillionairez9780 Жыл бұрын

At the core of every sociopath is fear. Fighting fear, managing fear, controlling fear in self, and others.

@DPSamfish Жыл бұрын

This is the absolute fundamental key to understanding these pathetic bullies. We as a species need to somehow come up with a way of teaching ourselves from childhood about the dangers of narcissism and the other dark triad traits and how to combat them. We're only at the foothills of awareness but at least knowledge is spreading.

@outlawbillionairez9780 Жыл бұрын

@@DPSamfishAbsolutely. They can do no harm when we expose who they are . For every two babies born, Nature makes one timid and fearful, and one trusting and social. Unfortunately, life often punishes trust, leading the trustful to turn to the sociopath for protection or national defense, which is how we got Mussolini, Hitler, Charles Manson, or any of their ilk. Only education from an early age will prepare you for their schemes of control. 😊☮️👍

@gravity00x Жыл бұрын

While I agree with you that the sociopath needs to be better understood, so they can be dealt with in a way, that doesn't impact societies wellbeing, you also have to educate yourself in the regard, that the reason many of those people become what they are, is through massive abuse and pain as children. Sociopaths are very often, if not almost all of them children of trauma, torture, pain, physical and mental abuse. Yet, nobody talks of bettering themselves and their peers in society, so children don't have to lead such miserable lives in the first place. We failed the children in the first place and then we go about labeling them as monsters when we reap what we sow. A sociopath is unlike a psychopath, whereas a psychopath doesn't get made to be one. A sociopath on the other hand, we create those in overwhelmingly many cases. Obviously, you can't control every outcome, but it's also evident that we as a society are not even trying and just shifting the blame on the monsters that we created.

@outlawbillionairez9780 Жыл бұрын

@@gravity00xI won't argue the general point you've made about social responsibility, but in psychiatry there are two things. There's cognitive issues and there's behavioral issues. Society creates thousands of laws based only on behavior. What you think is not my concern; what you do is everyone's concern. This is closing the gate after the cows ran off. We have millions of Americans locked up. More than Russia, China and North Korea combined! The total cost of the judicial system and incarceration is near a $ trillion dollars! So, you're right, we're not dealing with the development of abhorrent cognitive processes, but left counting the dead the shooter has left behind. And, I would only point out that of any given number of siblings with the exact same environment, there very seldom is a "monster". A small percentage are 'predisposed' for some reason to follow a different path of thinking and behavior. There's a lot to consider here, but we have to address these national issues. I frequently post "mental healthcare is a human right!" The responses are "no!! It's not!!" I always post "Take Everyone's Guns Away". The response is threats on my life. (KZbin leaves threats up, but will take my comment down!) So we have a completely dysfunctional population centered on punishment and nothing else. I don't have any answers. ☮️👍☮️

@FireWizzrobe Жыл бұрын

This is why we need mindfulness practice. We need to train ourselves to be able to discern intrinsic truth, from the "truth" we want to believe.

@AdarshPathak Жыл бұрын

The sooner society realizes hopelessness, the sooner they'll experience the folly of just about everything around. Sooner, will they start to seek the truth, which is to seek oneself only. More can be said, but no need. Seekers will find it anyways. This is not hope, and don't do the folly of making hopelessness the new hope.