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threethirtytwo 4 hours ago

God why do people frame things in such extremes? Neither person is a psychopath. If anyone is closer to a psychopath it’s Altman, but he doesn’t completely fit the monicker.

aerhardt 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

For all his weirdness and moral failings, I don’t see Altman saying things like whites being under apartheid in the US. And worse. Multiple times a day. Every day.

skeeter2020 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

When you're arguing the degree to which such powerful people fit the definition of psychopath, you're at extremes. You've just been in the warming pot too long to see it.

threethirtytwo 3 hours ago | parent [-]

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mrhottakes 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Have you asked all the legit clinical psychologists? Or are you just making things up because you're emotional?

hgoel 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

So, now we need a clinical diagnosis to call evil people psychopaths or we're unhinged? Do you apply the same high standards to any of the garbage these guys spew or to the impacts of their projects?

shimman 3 hours ago | parent [-]

The people that have made decisions leading to the direct deaths of millions of people AREN'T evil! There's no clinical definition of evil in the DSM, so they can't be evil you see.

CamperBob2 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

At least one clinical psychologist might disagree with you there: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/opinions/mary-trump-book-dang...

danaw 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

would you prefer sociopath? they're willing to lie to accumulate massive wealth irrespective of the harm.

thinkingtoilet 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They are absolutely psychopaths. These are people that will flagrantly lie to your face and feel no remorse. They cause mass suffering and feel no remorse. They don't have empathy. They don't have normal human emotions.

tremon 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Haven't you heard? Psychopath, like Pedophile, is a mere epithet these days, to indicate a person's favoured status with the in-crowd. In contrast to the equally meaningless epithet "woke".

JumpCrisscross 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> like Pedophile

I really wouldn’t conflate these two. People with documented allegations of child rape are in a separate category from diagnosed-over-the-TV types.

tombert 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Outside of Elon Musk's Twitter, I think pedophile is actually used pretty appropriately in most spots.

danaw 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

who's calling people pedos that don't at least have credible allegations against them of that crime (eg trump)?