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yardwork

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25. It's been said that most CEOs of large companies have traits of personality disorders.

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 11:34 AM

Dec 10

I'm not going to armchair psychoanalyze, but if you look at the definition of Narcissistic Personality Disorder and compare it to the behavior of most famous people - CEOs, actors, politicians, Elon Musk - there's quite a bit of apparent overlap.

Does that mean they all deserve to be shot dead? No. But we have a situation now where there are a LOT of self-absorbed billionaires swaggering around, buying yachts and mansions with spare cash, making decisions that hurt a lot of people, and their attitude seems surly, like they can't figure out why they're not more popular. It's kind of predictable that people might start taking shots at them, especially since the country is awash in guns.

Not saying it's right or good. Just pointing out predictable cause and effect.

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Writing a manifesto seems incredibly narcissistic to me. [View all] milestogo Dec 10 OP

Of course they're narcissistic. They're written as a justification Ocelot II Dec 10 #1

I'll PM you mine. Hugin Dec 10 #2

lol what on earth WhiskeyGrinder Dec 10 #3

I see we've reached the part of the story when we decide the best TBF Dec 10 #4

Seeing no evidence he, family, friends suffered because of insurance denials, I think he's just a rich kid Silent Type Dec 10 #7

I rest my case. TBF Dec 10 #13

There is no evidence he had UHC insurance. He just picked someone to shoot in the back. Silent Type Dec 10 #15

Deny, defend, depose. I'm gonna add "deflect" to my list. nt TBF Dec 10 #16

Have you seen the length of some of my posts? Sympthsical Dec 10 #5

It seems that way because it is. MineralMan Dec 10 #6

And they can be about any subject BannonsLiver Dec 10 #33

Was it written ahead of time or at the McDonald's? ecstatic Dec 10 #8

Ahead of time. milestogo Dec 10 #10

Free Wifi and a happy meal Historic NY Dec 10 #29

It's just a term seldom seen these days. Karl Marx's "Manifesto of the Communist Party" is one of the most famous. jalan48 Dec 10 #9

Seldom seen except every damn serial killer with a political or social ax to grind. In other words: common Hekate Dec 10 #34

Common among serial killers. Not so common otherwise. jalan48 Dec 10 #35

It certainly gets them in the news Hekate Dec 10 #36

I wrote a manifesto on the 2000 stolen election. Coventina Dec 10 #11

He was in a book club in Hawaii where they read the Unabomber's manifesto. milestogo Dec 10 #12

It's better than gab13by13 Dec 10 #14

Extreme pain can do a lot to a person Buckeyeblue Dec 10 #17

I agree but milestogo Dec 10 #18

Definitely. But he got treatment, so why shoot an insurer in back. Maybe the docs botched up. Silent Type Dec 10 #20

Maybe you don't know all the details. yardwork Dec 10 #27

Neither do you. I know he had an spinal xray on his social media pages. So he got treatment. Plus he's from a Silent Type Dec 10 #28

I mean, taking someone's life is pretty narcissistic if you ask me. Self Esteem Dec 10 #19

So a case could be made gab13by13 Dec 10 #21

It's been said that most CEOs of large companies have traits of personality disorders. yardwork Dec 10 #25

Every president we've ever had has probably been a narcissist. Self Esteem Dec 10 #31

So Joe Biden is a narcissist? SocialDemocrat61 Dec 10 #38

What else is a message board like DU? yardwork Dec 10 #22

Well its a group manifesto then. milestogo Dec 10 #24

I like that! We're not narcissists. We're a movement! yardwork Dec 10 #26

By that definition SocialDemocrat61 Dec 10 #37

That's why I always refrain from sharing my views on anything. Solly Mack Dec 10 #23

It has been forever. Basso8vb Dec 10 #30

Guessing it was in case he got shot nilram Dec 10 #32

The shooter didn't have a manifesto obamanut2012 Dec 10 #39