TL;DR most of the great rulers and conquerors of history were but glorified sociopaths.
Now, the West had a good run, because and to the extent it was able to keep sociopaths away from the levers of power (sociopaths being unablepr unwilling to use power for anything other than their own aggrandizememt), but that has come to an end. The I…
TL;DR most of the great rulers and conquerors of history were but glorified sociopaths.
Now, the West had a good run, because and to the extent it was able to keep sociopaths away from the levers of power (sociopaths being unablepr unwilling to use power for anything other than their own aggrandizememt), but that has come to an end. The Iron Law Of Oligarchy wins in the end. The difference is that the sociopaths now have infinitely more powerful tools available.
TL;DR most of the great rulers and conquerors of history were but glorified sociopaths.
Now, the West had a good run, because and to the extent it was able to keep sociopaths away from the levers of power (sociopaths being unablepr unwilling to use power for anything other than their own aggrandizememt), but that has come to an end. The Iron Law Of Oligarchy wins in the end. The difference is that the sociopaths now have infinitely more powerful tools available.