Posted on 01/29/2014 11:13:19 AM PST by 7thson
While getting ready for work this morning, I was pondering the current occupant of the White House and wondered what he read. Or did he even read at all? Then I started thinking about novels and thought about sociopaths and narcissists - do they read novels? The reason I ask this question is that 99 percent of the novels has a hero and villian with the hero winning at the end. And the hero usually wins at the end because he/she can see and know what is bigger than themselves. They achieve by sacrificing certain things in order to achieve good results.
But sociopaths do not do that. They think only of themselves and work to advance themselves at the expense and health of others. So my question - do sociopaths/narcissists read? If so, what? Non-fiction? Technical? Do they read novels? Do they read the Bibile? Are their studies on this and if so, where could I find them?
Do you want my reading list? It doesn’t contain many novels.
Democratic Underground?
We can certainly state one “biography” written by a sociopath/narcissist.
Lies? Check.
Didn’t even write it himself...needed help? Check.
No signs of intellect whatsoever contained within? Check.
Hmmmm, forgot the title...now what was it..........something about dreams from my Obamahole...or something similar.
I’ll bet they they think this thread is about them? Don’t they?
The presidential daily intelligence briefing?
Teleprompters?
“Democratic Underground?”
LOL!
Well it pretty obvious to me that the intel briefings haven’t worked so far. The “lyin’ king” is still dumber than a box of rocks. Not assault rocks either. And why do we associate sociopaths and narcissists with the “lyin’ king”? If the shoe fits I guess.
I’ve never read the complete novel, but for some reason,the book ‘Catcher In The Rye” seems to be one of many favorites with sociopaths. The man who killed John Lennon was said to own this book. Of course, one could read any book and take from it lessons the author never intended. Some books are more obvious in their embrace of and submittal to negative or destructive tendencies found in most of us. Negative and destructive are idealized and interwoven into a fantasy with the works of Marquis de Sade.
Many people who are by nature peaceful and loving will study these works in order to understand the guiding principals of their enemies or of those who think differently than the reader does. One example is ‘Rules for Radicals’.
Some works have a frightening potential for misuse, but are often read by the curious amateur, with no intention to hurt anyone. I bought a book called ‘The Making of The Atomic Bomb, by Richard Rhodes’. This book also covers much of the Philadelphia Experiment. It’s a good source of reference for people like me who are not very knowledgeable of or interested in engineering or navigation.
“The Worker Prince”
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They read whatever most benefits them at the time. The Bible, the Constitution, Mein Kampf, novels, etc. But whatever they read, goes through the Machiavelli Filter.
So they might read “love one another as I have loved you,” but they hear “blackmail possibility re impossibility of perfect love by imperfect people.”
You can do the same thing, but with them it’s automatic.
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