Psychopaths: The Corruption Of Power

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By psychological nature, psychopaths are predisposed to seek positions of power where they can exert control over many; however, psychopaths, in order to achieve their ends, employ a methodology that relies on deception, manipulation, violence, the creation of unjust social systems, and fundamentally the corruption of morality. It is a great danger, for the moral stability of social systems, to have psychopathic leaders. It is essential, for the permanency of just systems, to have leaders with moral integrity, leaders that understand the needs of the people, and leaders that seek collective benefit as opposed to the enrichment of themselves. Psychopaths would tend to do the contrary which makes them unsuitable for leadership positions. Furthermore,

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