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The Unburdened Mind
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Christopher S. Putnam
Damn Interesting
February 23, 2008
“I don’t think I feel things the same way you do.”
The man sits at the table in the well-fitted attire of success—charming, witty, and instantly likeable. He is a confident, animated speaker, but he seems to be struggling with this particular point.
“It’s like… at my first job,” he continues, “I was stealing maybe a thousand bucks a month from that place. And this kid, he was new, he got wise. And he was going to turn me in, but before he got the chance I went to the manager and pinned the whole thing on him.” Now he is grinning widely. “Kid lost his job, the cops got involved, I don’t know what happened to him. And I guess something like that is supposed to make me feel bad, right? It’s supposed to hurt, right? But instead, it’s like there’s nothing.” He smiles apologetically and shakes his head. “Nothing.”
His name is Frank, and he is a psychopath.
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| A lack of empathy does not necessarily imply a desire to do harm—that comes from sadism and tendencies toward violence, traits which have only a small correlation with psychopathy. When all three come together in one individual, of course, the result is catastrophic. Ted Bundy and Paul Bernardo are extreme examples of such a combination. | |
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In the public imagination, a “psychopath” is a violent serial killer or an over-the-top movie villain, as one sometimes might suspect Frank to be. He is highly impulsive and has a callous disregard for the well-being of others that can be disquieting. But he is just as likely to be a next-door neighbor, a doctor, or an actor on TV—essentially no different from anyone else who holds these roles, except that Frank lacks the nagging little voice which so profoundly influences most of our lives. Frank has no conscience. And as much as we would like to think that people like him are a rare aberration, safely locked away, the truth is that they are more common than most would ever guess.
“[M]y mother, the most beautiful person in the world. She was strong, she worked hard to take care of four kids. A beautiful person. I started stealing her jewelry when I was in the fifth grade. You know, I never really knew the bitch — we went our separate ways.” –Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
The word psychopathy dates back in an early form to the 19th century, but as a modern term it’s primarily used in reference to the work of Canadian psychologist Robert Hare. Hare’s PCL-R tool (Psychopathy Checklist – Revised) was developed to test for a wide range of socially deviant behaviors and personality traits, the most important being the absence of any sense of conscience, remorse, or guilt. The result of this combination is a destructive, self-serving, and often dangerous individual sometimes called “the born criminal.”
The psychopath’s world is a strikingly skewed one in which the normal laws of human emotion and interaction do not apply—yet it serves as reality for a sizable portion of humanity. Spanning all cultures and eras, roughly one man in every 100 is born a clinical psychopath, as well as one woman in every 300. They are so common that every person reading this sentence almost certainly knows one personally; indeed, a significant number of readers are likely psychopaths themselves.
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February 23rd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
” For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power and love, and sound mind.” II Timothy 1:7
February 23rd, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Please be sure to submit incriminating personal information in response to this post. Mini 14 and ZOG, this is your opportunity to shine. Alex and his entire staff will get a tax funded weeks vacation in Maui for each reply generating information leading to the frame up, arrest and prosecution of mentally challenged pseudo-patriots. The next post will be asking to comment on how many weapons an average joe should keep around the barn.
February 23rd, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Federal Agent Ken you will have to cover the country to find them ALL!
February 23rd, 2008 at 10:51 pm
This is a case where the psychology does match the reality it’s attempting to describe. The description of ‘Frank’ is that of a sociopath–a self-serving person with no social conscience. These kinds of people make great politicians, corporate executives, and public figures.
Psychopathy has a emotive component that causes one to act out violently. They can’t behave normally because their perception is deranged. For example, a person who believes vampires have replaced the human population and starts decapitating people is a psychopath. People like Cho, Robert Hawkins, and that guy from Illinois would be examples of psychopaths
Psychopathy without the violent component is called psychosis. A person who believes that the world’s population is being replaced by aliens would be described as psychotic. Many of the people on this website who are consumed by conspiracy theories without proof would be examples of psychotics (not you, of course). It’s not paranoia when people are really out to get you.
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Jay Lee stated “Many of the people on this website who are consumed by conspiracy theories without proof would be examples of psychotics (not you, of course). It’s not paranoia when people are really out to get you.”
How much evidence do you need. You should go with me around the country and it will be in your face!
My question is “Why are there so many people on this Alex Jones site that come across like they don’t believe Alex? WHY WOULD YOU BE HERE?
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Are they to lazy to do the research?
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Here we go again. Now it’s Ken, suffering from “delusions of Federal Agentism.” We get ‘em all here. folks.
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Anyway, the point I wanted to make was how the movie “The Corporation”, took a checklist of all the attributes of a typical psychopath and, after a thorough examination, determined that the corporation, deemed a person under the law, as it is currently structurred, turned out to be psychopathic.
Of course, the structure of corporations could be altered to alleviate this problem, but guess who? doesn’t seem to mind things staying the way they are in that regard.
February 24th, 2008 at 12:44 am
fuck that discribes me but i still hate the new world order. i mean i want to snipe them.
February 24th, 2008 at 1:32 am
Watch out for the party van shortround!
February 24th, 2008 at 2:23 am
I spent a few years studying this subject so here’s the two-cent take:
Well. Robert Hare has his books: Snakes in Suits (co-author) and his plethora of diagnostics; Without Conscience also. There’s then Stout’s book Sociopath next door.
If anyone’s wondering you need to read Cleckley’s MASK OF SANITY. Unfortunately it’s indeed out of print.
Psychopathy isn’t like personality disorders (histrionic, depressive, dependent, ocd …). It’s unique to itself. Psychopaths are into killing things. There were some recent studies in the Netherlands about success in lithium treatments decreasing aggressive behavior in psychopaths.
Some people believe the NWO is psychopathic. Psychopathy is usually caused by extreme childhood abuse. Some say neglect also can cause it but I’m not to sure about that.
The fact we may need to realize is that the NWO is not psychopathic in the idea that they have been through abuse which causes their dominating behavior. It’s moreso imo about their religious beliefs.
You see psychopaths and sociopaths are not high-functioning individuals. They can appear normal but in reality they are not very smart or able to care for themselves. Usually they end up conning someone into a marriage or talking their way around situations, not making policy or running government.
The people who run the NWO are not psychopathic–they are for lack of a better word ‘evilly intelligent.’ Look at brzezinski and rove, kissinger, rockefeller. They are high-functioning and have evil goals. If they were psychopaths they would be hustling people to get by on their basic needs. Sociopaths moreseo look for positions of power, but they usually get found out pretty easily since they lie so often and are manipulative.
Obviously people in the elite bloodlines like the Bundy case shown here or the DuPont murder (see book Fatal Match) may have been mind control slaves. Berkowitz was clear-headed in his goals as seen in his interviews (member of the process church).
Quickly dismissing the entire NWO scheme as purely psychopathic is a uninformed conclusion. Some members are clearly psychopaths like bundy. Others are probably not and are motivated through their religious beliefs. As far as the occult goes today people are sacrificed to gain their power (raise your power) or to make demons manifest. In the past people were sacrificed to appease the ‘gods.’
A small portion of the people who were raised for ritual sacrifice in the illuminati may indeed by psychopaths from their possible childhood abuses. These people though are not the ones who make it into office (eg. arizona wilder or Cathy O’Brien). The people who make it into office are (in a broad statement) people who enjoy evil but are not psychopathic. They are clearly insane (which is different than psychopathy). [Psychopathy was described by Cleckley {quoting Pinel} as manie sans délire or “insanity without delirium”]. Our current politicians are clearly insane-only. Insanity: performing the same action over and over expecting the same result. (example: continuously introducing the gun control-ban legislation over and over again. This is insane behavior).
The puppet-masters are neither insane or psychopathic. They are perfectly possessed.
Now you understand the differences.
February 24th, 2008 at 3:06 am
Hi there. Although my name is Frank, i’m not a psychopath^^. Ok, now back to the topic. I don’t think the NWO necessarily consists only of psychopaths. Psychopaths are rare and want to kill people. Mental illnesses are also very often drug-related, may they be illegal drugs or prescribed drugs.
I think you can pin it down to the question: Do people have a conscience? People without a conscience do much better in this society. They don’t have to ask themselves: “Does my action do any harm to other people? Can i gamble with the saved money of retired people on the stock market?” People without conscience just do it if they see a slight gain fir themselves.
So it’s not psychopaths vs. truthers, it’s people with conscience vs. people without conscience.
February 25th, 2008 at 9:39 am
WHY WOULD MY COMMENT BE DELETED HERE?
February 25th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Frank Schlözer -
You should check out the book “A New Earth”… It falls right in line with what you are saying. I agree 100% with what you say. Check out the book… Truely an eye opener.