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DDeBar wrote:
>
> Earlier, Dr. Garelli had written:
>
> > > Psychopathologically, self-deception characterizes a mental
> > > condition known as _psychopathy_ or _sociopathy_, which displays a
> > > number of sub-syndromes spanning a vast range of external
> > > manifestations: from crime and murder to manipulating others.
>
> > > This is important, to my mind, since politicians and socially
> > > successful people are almost invariably psychopaths of different
> > > kinds of severity. Detecting them, penetrating the barrier of
> > > self-deception is therefore of the utmost importance for a society
> > > based on mutual cooperation.
>
> I, Don DeBar, had written (see earlier post) that he didn't know that =
it
> would be effective or possible to train the next generation of the =
elite to
> be "healthy" leaders. I have since re-read Dr. Garelli's original =
post, and
> realize that even if this is true, there may well be some value in =
applying
> this effort to the rest of society. The reduction of pathology in the =
rest
> of society may well help remove the TV, drug & alcohol addictions many
> working people suffer from the equation, as well as helping to reduce =

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Article-ID: 05_1997&639723
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Subject: Maternal care as a contribution to social change