I wonder what percentage of the Federal 'policing' agencies are considered psychopaths these days? Surely it must be higher than the 3% statistic. It was always an experience crossing the land border from Canada into the US. Most times the agents are cordial but other times they know they have vast power and hover over you like God. One time maybe ten years ago I accidently moved the car forward towards the booth when the car in front finished up instead of heeding to the stop sign and wait to be waved forward. Holy cow you'd thought it was the next apocalypse as he came out screaming at me then lecturing me. I can only imagine if this happened today I'd be in a Texas detention center.
I think if all these people were required to take one of the psychological tests that measures psychopathic personality many, if not most would score pretty high. This is not the same as an authoritarian personality. Many cops would rate high on this. Being a psychopath is much different.
I wonder what percentage of the Federal 'policing' agencies are considered psychopaths these days? Surely it must be higher than the 3% statistic. It was always an experience crossing the land border from Canada into the US. Most times the agents are cordial but other times they know they have vast power and hover over you like God. One time maybe ten years ago I accidently moved the car forward towards the booth when the car in front finished up instead of heeding to the stop sign and wait to be waved forward. Holy cow you'd thought it was the next apocalypse as he came out screaming at me then lecturing me. I can only imagine if this happened today I'd be in a Texas detention center.
I think if all these people were required to take one of the psychological tests that measures psychopathic personality many, if not most would score pretty high. This is not the same as an authoritarian personality. Many cops would rate high on this. Being a psychopath is much different.
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Hal, this is a great post. Love the pic of you as a young man. Very good.
If it was up to Trump all of us at the protest today )MAY DAY STRONG May 3 12:00-2:00pm
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