Martin D-Bag Shkreli Pleads The Fifth, Smirks At Congress

[Miles Archer]

[Ford_Prefect]

1. Modern vulture capitalist and slime specimen. The only thing missing is the Jackboots and Uniform.

[Jenny_92808]

6. I wish there was a like button here

because I so wanted to like your post.

[Midnight Writer]

16. Shkreli or Chavetz? Despite this theater, they are both examples of unfettered capitalism.

[lastone]

2. a product of laissez faire capitalism

a thoroughly disgusting product of. this man is sick, not sure w/what though. someday life will hand him his balls, hope it gets nearly this much press so we can all cheer!

[cab67]

3. I think there's something wrong with him.

And I don't mean in the he's-a-seriously-selfish-douchebag way. I mean in the he-needs-professional-help-possibly-inpatient way.

I watched his performance and found myself feeling sorry for him.

[lastone]

4. you must be a saint!

[cab67]

5. please don't take my pity ....

..as evidence that I want him in charge of anything more meaningful than the number of rolls of toilet paper in his bathroom. I just think he's genuinely mentally ill.

[Feeling the Bern]

9. Sociopathy is not a mental illness. Neither is nihilism.

[cab67]

10. you're right.

But what I saw in this person might be. I think it's beyond mere sociopathy.

[Feeling the Bern]

11. God complexes and massive egos aren't either. He isn't mentally ill, this fucker knows exactly what

he is doing.

Sociopathic
Nihilistic
Superiority complex
Supremely arrogant
Entitled
No conscience
Amoral

I know what you're saying, but saying he is mentally ill gives him an out. I refuse to do that. This fucker deserves whatever he gets in prison!

[cab67]

12. I'm not giving him an out.

If anything, he needs an in. Straight into a therapeutic facility. If he gets that in prison, great. He's causing serious harm where he is.

[Feeling the Bern]

13. Agreed. Fuck this prick!

[HatTrick]

14. I thought the same thing

I thought the same thing, except the feeling sorry for him.

Per Wikipedia: Shkreli eventually stopped attending classes "High School" and was asked to leave the school before his senior year. (no details on why he was asked to leave).

He's the son of immigrants who worked as janitors, but no sign he has any compassion for other humans.

[Feeling the Bern]

7. Christ, I want to jump through my screen and slap the taste out of his mouth

No conscience, no shame, no nothing. He is a perfect Republican vulture capitalist.

[livingonearth]

8. Correct me if I'm wrong,

but this little scum bag doesn't actually make life saving drugs, he just profits from them. He's a short seller and hedge fund CEO turned pharmaceutical executive. He acquires the licenses to drugs, jacks up their prices, and makes tons of money off of peoples' need for them. This is true greed on display.

[HatTrick]

15. Yes

That's what I understand also, so the bit about using profits for research was a lie.

[Old Crow]

17. Some of you have it wrong. He's a psychopath, not a sociopath.

Psychopaths are a lot more dangerous.

http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/sociopath-psychopath-difference?page=2

I've suspected Shkreli was a psychopath from the first time I saw video of him. This performance of his only confirms my belief.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

18. A complete psychopath,....so rare to capture one alive.