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THE PSYCHOPATH - THE MASK OF SANITY
A SPECIAL RESEARCH PROJECT OF THE QUANTUM FUTURE GROUP*
Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at
all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you
do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being of
strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no
struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole
life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or
immoral action you had taken.
And pretend that the concept of responsibility is
unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept
without question, like gullible fools.
Now add to this strange fantasy the ability to conceal
from other people that your psychological makeup is
radically different from theirs. Since everyone simply
assumes that conscience is universal among human beings,
hiding the fact that you are conscience-free is nearly
effortless.
You are not held back from any of your desires by guilt
or shame, and you are never confronted by others for
your cold-bloodedness. The ice water in your veins is so
bizarre, so completely outside of their personal
experience, that they seldom even guess at your
condition.
In other words, you are completely free of internal
restraints, and your unhampered liberty to do just as
you please, with no pangs of conscience, is conveniently
invisible to the world.
You can do anything at all, and still your strange
advantage over the majority of people, who are kept in
line by their consciences will most likely remain
undiscovered.
HOW WILL YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE?
What will you do with your huge and secret advantage,
and with the corresponding handicap of other people
(conscience)?
The answer will depend largely on just what your desires
happen to be, because people are not all the same. Even
the profoundly unscrupulous are not all the same. Some
people - whether they have a conscience or not - favor
the ease of inertia, while others are filled with dreams
and wild ambitions. Some human beings are brilliant and
talented, some are dull-witted, and most, conscience or
not, are somewhere in between. There are violent people
and nonviolent ones, individuals who are motivated by
blood lust and those who have no such appetites. [...]
PROVIDED YOU ARE NOT FORCIBLY STOPPED, YOU CAN DO
ANYTHING AT ALL.
If you are born at the right time, with some access to
family fortune, and you have a special talent for
whipping up other people's hatred and sense of
deprivation, you can arrange to kill large numbers of
unsuspecting people. With enough money, you can
accomplish this from far away, and you can sit back
safely and watch in satisfaction. [...]
CRAZY AND FRIGHTENING - AND REAL, IN ABOUT 4 PERCENT OF
THE POPULATION....
The prevalence rate for anorexic eating disorders is
estimated a 3.43 percent, deemed to be nearly epidemic,
and yet this figure is a fraction lower than the rate
for antisocial personality. The high-profile disorders
classed as schizophrenia occur in only about 1 percent
of [the population] - a mere quarter of the rate of
antisocial personality - and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention say that the rate of colon cancer
in the United States, considered "alarmingly high," is
about 40 per 100,000 - one hundred times lower than the
rate of antisocial personality.
The high incidence of sociopathy in human society has a
profound effect on the rest of us who must live on this
planet, too, even those of us who have not been
clinically traumatized. The individuals who constitute
this 4 percent drain our relationships, our bank
accounts, our accomplishments, our self-esteem, our very
peace on earth. [end quote]
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