VeryVeritas
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Didn't mean to imply that she said CIA, Intel agencies... that was an extrapolation on my part because they literally are also in the legitimized killing and manipulation business.I watched the video twice, didn't hear where she was recommending that they join the military, or CIA. If I missed it, can you tell me where it is in the video?
She did make some observations at what they might excel at, but seemed to point out it was because they are so good at reading people, and taking advantage of them via manipulation.
One thing that the doctor says, fits Lori perfectly, see if this sounds familiar:
"... too bad if you don't like it, this is the new world order and I will destroy you in court.." (video excerpt)
Also, she talks about how comfortable psychopaths/sociopaths are under extremely stressful situations, she gives an example of a cop pulling someone over with a dead body in the trunk. A Psychopath/Sociopath would be as cool as a cucumber.
That got me thinking about how strange Lor's reaction was after CV was killed. She seemed to be "as cool as a cucumber". Didn't seem to phase her at all. - JMO
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She did mention military in the context that it produces some of the sociopaths (she didn't go into detail). The implication is because they have to be taught to kill(which isn't very easy for someone taught that it is wrong or naturally has empathy - most people). How do we assess when its been carried too far? Dr. qualified by saying "under some conditions" (I don't know what those conditions would be, but training people to be combat ready killers by experienced combat soldiers isn't like baking cakes)
And what happens when someone who already lacks empathy joins the military? One the one hand they might excel at some tasks but get into trouble in other areas.
I'm sure the military does its best to weed out bad apples, but when you are in the business of death it has to be a bit harder than weeding these people out of the civilian sector.
That was part of my point... the rest of it was that this is a condition that is embedded in our humanity, both genetically and sociologically. I don't see a way to fix it, but I do think we should be very active in weeding it out.
Because if we don't focus on that, we are just creating more and more of it.