#Sociopaths: lack empathy & are unable to feel remorse for their actions; tend to lack emotions in response to events around them; have a high feeling of love & admiration toward themselves, but also have low self-esteem, which they often hide under a facade of charm.
#Sociopaths: have a highly calculative nature; can start manipulating others for their own personal benefits; usually manipulate other people without any feelings of guilt or remorse; & can also be quite charming, even if they fail to understand the feelings of others.
#Sociopaths: are capable & are adept at appearing to be charming & normal; usually possess a high IQ, which they use for manipulation purposes; always strive for attention; usually desire the approval of others; but are extremely sensitive to criticisms.
#Sociopaths: often feel they deserve appreciation & admiration from others, even for small things; often have a lack of trust & paranoia; can have a criminal scheming mentality; & can be very secretive about their plans, plotting devious ways or methods to achieve what they want.
#Sociopaths: lack a sense of remorse, guilt, or emotional attachments; often have affairs & engage in controversial sexual activities in secrecy; often have a tyrannical streak; would always want to be in authority; & would love to order & rule over others.
#Sociopaths: tend to get bored easily with routine activities; want to keep stimulated to dismiss their boredom; tend to make impulsive decisions; & do not think of the consequences of their wrongdoings.
#Sociopaths: are compulsive liars & will not speak truthfully; usually have failed marriages due to this trait; have a highly sadistic nature by taking pleasure when other people are hurt; do not feel guilt.
#Sociopaths: are impulsive; have little interest in others; show an eccentric nature; do not think of the consequences of their behaviour; have very few close friends; tend to be cold & manipulative in their relationships; can be emotionally abusive; & often amass great wealth.
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"One dimension of democracy’s current crisis is hyper-partisan polarization.
It is not just that citizens disagree sharply about current conditions, who or what is responsible, & paths forward. They also exaggerate their disagreements...
turn to ad hominem abuse, & are led by political or social media provocateurs to attack opponents as enemies. They forsake constructive discussion of issues & policies for the pursuit of winning at all costs. Hyper-partisanship is reinforced by vanity, narcissism, & careerism."
"Academic discussions & debates among ostensible political allies sometimes degenerate into the same sort of acrimony. In this symposium, however, I am fortunate to be challenged constructively by thoughtful critics; they raise the quality of analysis & discussion."
Dutch supermarket chain, Jumbo, introduced slow checkouts when it discovered some people enjoy chatting while paying for their goods. The added personal touch is helping many people, especially the elderly, deal with loneliness. Jumbo has installed slow checkouts in 200 stores.
These "slow lanes" were first introduced by Jumbo in the summer of 2019 as a part of the Dutch government's One Against Loneliness campaign. There are 1.3 million adults over 75 in the Netherlands, and 33% of them say they feel at least moderately lonely.
In the North Brabant province's town of Vlijmen, the first Kletskassa opened for business. The feedback was so encouraging that the business decided to build 200 of these lanes across the nation.
It is deeply disturbing that GB "News" presenter Mark Steyn claims "Aryans" built "western civilisation" in his podcast. This thread explains why normal, decent people no longer use the term, not least because of its connotations with white supremacism & the #Holocaust.
While it is a term originally used as an ethnocultural self-designation by Indo-Iranians in ancient times, the atrocities committed in the name of Aryanist supremacist ideologies means academics & other normal decent people avoid the term 'Aryan' like the plague.
The theory of an “Aryan race” appeared in the mid-19th century & remained prevalent until the mid-20th century, when for reasons obvious to any decent person, the term fell out of favour, & is generally used exclusively by the far-right & neo-Nazis.
Following her selection as the Conservative Party candidate for the Congleton constituency in 2010, Bruce denied allegations that she had been chosen following an orchestrated campaign by religious groups sympathetic to her evangelical Christian beliefs.
Bruce is a council member of the Evangelical Alliance - a national alliance & member of the World Evangelical Alliance. Founded in 1846, the activities of the Evangelical Alliance aim to promote evangelical Christian beliefs in government, media & society. eauk.org/about-us/
The polarising, increasingly unhinged, & dangerously irresponsible multimillionaire hedge-funder funded GB "News" has become a rich breeding ground for harmful conspiracy theories, effectively becoming the UK's Fox News.
The channel was only founded in 2021 amid much-regretted promises from then frontman Andrew Neill that it would not become a "British Fox News" but has slid deep into #misinformation, #disinformation, & pure #propaganda, often about the COVID pandemic.
In one recent show, presenter Patrick Christys praised a largely discredited new book which claims Covid was genetically engineered and leaked on purpose, with help from US chief national scientific adviser Anthony Fauci and cover-ups by UK scientists.