20 Jun 2009
It’s something we’ve always suspected: politicians share personality traits with serial killers. Let’s see here:
Interpersonal traits include glibness, superficial charm, a grandiose sense of self-worth, pathological lying, and the manipulation of others.
Yes, check.
a lack of remorse and/or guilt
Check.
parasitic orientation
Check. Bigtime.
They also lack what most consider a “shame” mechanism.
OK, well, I’m convinced.