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In reply to the discussion: How Swedes and Norwegians broke the power of their "1%." [View all]Cal33
(7,018 posts)to us on a plate. We have to work and fight for them - again and again.
Why "again and again?" Because roughly 4% of the general population is
made up of people with anti-social personalities (sociopaths). These are
greedy, aggressive, ambitious criminal types who cannot help but seek
money and power over others - by hook and by crook. It lies in their
nature to do so. They can't be really blamed for being sick, but we don't
have to be their doormats either.
So our struggle against their rapacious greed and ambition will have only
moments of brief rest, and the struggle will go on again - because of
this 4% of the population.
I think there is a higher percentage of them among corporate executives
and politicians, because these are the jobs where the money and the power
are to be found. The smarter ones don't get caught and sent to jail. Yes,
prisons have a very high concentration of sociopaths also. They are likely
to be the less smart ones.