• @[email protected]
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    14 hours ago

    It’s very much the latter. Sociopathy in the C-suite occurs at twice to three times the prevalence in the general population.

    We are living under a system that disproportionately rewards sociopathy, and so far I haven’t seen any credible systemic solutions.

    • @GoofSchmoofer
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      113 hours ago

      so far I haven’t seen any credible systemic solutions

      There are many credible systemic solutions to this problem but over the past 40+ years those solutions have been watered down and killed off.

      Things like:

      • High tax rate on the wealthy and a well funded IRS to enforce those laws
      • Strong regulations and well funded departments to enforce those regulations
      • Better education for the population at large and enough funding to give all members of the country free access to it
      • Strong labor unions and an well funded FTC to help protect them
      • A strong and FAIR justice system and the funding to keep it fair

      I’m sure there are others

      • @Telodzrum
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        211 hours ago

        None of those are solutions to the problem (assuming it even is a problem) pointed out by the comment that you replied to — sociopaths tend to be more effective at climbing hierarchies and convincing people to follow them.

        • @GoofSchmoofer
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          23 hours ago

          Right they are effective in becoming more of a leader and I’ll admit I went off on a bit of a tangent with my previous comment. What I was getting at was there is a system that can at least fence in the C suite sociopath from getting out of control, but we don’t have that system any more due in part to the sociopaths in power. So well maybe I’m just wrong.