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How to Spot the Sociopath in Your Midst

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They always know how to get what they want from you. They know your weaknesses better than anyone, even yourself. They can always turn a no into a yes, and they don’t seem particularly concerned with laws, safety, or right and wrong. They’re the most predatory members of our society, and they’ll take what they want, and hang you out to dry.

They’re also a bit more complicated than all that.

In recent years, the term “sociopath” has become a loaded word. Uttering it creates an immediate knee jerk response in the listener, and for anyone who doesn’t have any real world experience with a sociopath, hearing that word probably brings to mind a barrage of Hollywood villains, cop shows, and serial killers. Unfortunately, the media’s portrayal of this mental condition couldn’t be further from the truth.

For starters, the definition of a sociopath isn’t so clear cut. Most people use the terms “sociopath” and “psychopath” interchangeably, and according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) both conditions are listed together under “Antisocial Personality Disorders”. They certainly share a lot in common, including a disdain for authority and social mores, recklessness, a lack of empathy, and violent tendencies.

But according to an article from Psychology Today, there are some significant differences as well. Sociopaths are more volatile, and can lash out unexpectedly. Furthermore, most crimes committed by them will be spontaneous and disorganized.

Psychopaths on the other hand are more cunning. Their crimes are well executed, and difficult for police to figure out. They excel at mimicking human emotions, and tend to have a good education and a steady job. They just fit right in. They’re the sorts of people who rise to the top of corporations, governments, and law firms. We probably don’t even how many psychopaths there are in the world, or what they’re really like. They’re simply too elusive to pin down.

However, the biggest difference between psychopaths and sociopaths, is the context of their condition. Psychopathy is often considered to be a genetic condition, whereas sociopathy is considered a learned condition (often brought on by a volatile childhood). But more importantly, psychopaths hold no loyalties whatsoever. It doesn’t matter if they’re a member of your family, or someone you’ve known for years. If they think it’s in their best interest to hurt you, and they think they can get away with it, that’s exactly what they’ll do.

This can also be true for sociopaths, but only up to a certain extant. Sociopaths still have loyalty, and they can still feel remorse, empathy, and attachment, but they only feel that way for a limited number of people. It could be a close friend or a few members of their family. But everyone outside of that inner circle is fair game.

Though for practical purposes, this may be splitting hairs. Chances are, if you have a run-in with a sociopath of any kind it’s not going to be a pleasant encounter, even if it seems like it at the time. Their chief attribute is mimicry. On the inside they’re individuals, but on the outside, they’re a blank slate. The personality they present to the world can shift and adapt, depending on the person they’re interacting with. Obviously this makes them fantastic liars, but it also presents an opportunity to see them for what they really are. By observing them around other people and in different situations, you can catch their inconsistencies.

Pay attention to what they say and claim to believe, and see if they walk the walk. Remember their opinions and see if they change depending on who they’re talking to. And look for extremes in their behavior. It’s not unusual for a sociopath to seem introverted and quiet, only to suddenly shift gears, and become the most loud and affable person you’ve ever met.

They also have other, smaller tells that you can use to spot them. Because their outward personality is a blank slate, they’ll often talk in a somewhat monotone voice before they get to know you better (then they’ll know how they should talk to you), and they’ll usually leave a lengthy pause before answering any of your questions.

What they’re doing is trying to gauge your personality, while they think of the “best” way to respond to you. You have to remember that since they can’t really relate to most people, they treat human interaction like you might use a computer. Everything is a simple input/output to them. “If I say this in a certain way, I’m going to get a specific response.”

Sociopaths also won’t reveal very much about themselves. They’ll always try to keep the conversation about you, because for them, every conversation is an opportunity to extract information. However, to make the conversation seem more genuine, they’ll slip personal details to you from time to time. Pay close attention to these, because what they reveal to you is either an exaggerated truth, or an outright lie. Everything they tell you about themselves is designed to illicit sympathy and trust, and impart a sense of intimacy.

I guess another way to look at it, is that sociopaths are not interested in small talk. It doesn’t further their goals in any way, and is waste of time to them (again, they don’t care about social mores) You can’t say “how about this weather?” or “how about the game last night?” and expect a prompt and brief response, or even a nod or shrug. If approached with small talk, the sociopath is either going to ignore you or they’re going to turn it into an intimate conversation about you, depending on whether or not they want something from you.

Once you’ve confirmed that this person is a sociopath, the most direct approach is the best way to deal with them. They don’t respond well to passive-aggressive sleights. They either won’t recognize it at all, or they’ll view it as a weakness. You have to confront them, and call them on their lies and inconsistencies. Otherwise they’ll just keep walking all over you. Whenever they get away with something, they keep doing it until they don’t get away with it. It’s that simple. So you have to draw a very clear line in the sand and not back down.

And don’t think for a second that you can beat them at their own game. Deceit, misdirection, and mimicry is what they do every single day. For most folks, lying takes considerable planning and effort, but for them it’s quite natural. You’re not going to outwit them, at least not indefinitely.

But ultimately, the path towards beating a sociopath starts with knowing yourself and your shortcomings. If you accept your weaknesses and become familiar with them, you’ll stand a better chance of guarding them from the predators in our society. Other than that, stand your ground, don’t let your guard down, and call them out. If you do anything less, then they’re sure to get the better of you.

Joshua Krause was born and raised in the Bay Area. He is a writer and researcher focused on principles of self-sufficiency and liberty at Ready Nutrition. You can follow Joshua’s work at our Facebook page or on his personal Twitter.

Joshua’s website is Strange Danger

This information has been made available by Ready Nutrition

Originally published February 18th, 2015


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    • Man

      well, why do that, just shoot anyone who is a suspect… that will help

    • Jack F00BAR

      Sounds like everyone in the Obama Administration. Sociopathy abounds.

    • anonymous

      Propaganda bs. ‘terrortst’ ‘extremist’ ‘sociopath’ vigilante’ ‘sociopath’ – all cabal propaganda, in this one mixed with bogus psycho babble bs. The cabal is not just ‘the bankers’ it is the entire fraud ‘government’, all the bogus ‘colleges’ all the phony ‘psych experts’ bs, bogus ‘medical experts’, liar medias, food and power monopolies, and shills claiming those who ‘disdain authority’ are ‘sociopaths’. This shill propaganda is more of the same control bs from the cabal that created the hoax babbles, bogus ‘government’ including making up the fraud hoax ‘constitution’ in order to tax dupes to build themselves a military and weapons and otherwise rob dupes for two hundred years. This while dupes follow bogus hoax ‘law’ based on the hoax ‘constitution’ when it applies to no one and never did. The hoaxers are anarchists in a gang while dupes tie their own hands following bogus ‘law’. Now that more dupes are waking up to extreme danger of the cabal and their/your own mass ignorance, ignorance of the mass rip offs, fake ‘wars’, ‘bailouts’, bogus ‘media’, deadly chemtrails, cabal shills are pumping the bogus labels and propaganda even more to keep idiots ‘going along’ with the bs. This propaganda is the same tired bs to label ‘down’ anyone including right fighters who ‘disdain authority’ and/or would use natural anarchy to stop the scams and cabal when in fact everyone is free to do so as there is no ‘law’. All law is based on contract between men. All law. There is no other form of law. The constitution was proven a fraud hoax in 1871. “No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority”, Lysander Spooner, jim.com. The result of idiots going along with the hoax is why the anarchist cabal has over a hundred trillion in weapons, fake media bs, a million cabal trolls on the web, media shilling crap propaganda so dupes stay weak instead of take action. Idiots ignored it all too long, failed to make gangs or tribes to stop the cabal gang. With their chemtrails spraying poison they want idiots to keep swallowing ‘obey authority’ bs.

      “For starters, the definition of a sociopath isn’t so clear cut. Most people use the terms “sociopath” and “psychopath” interchangeably, and according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) both conditions are listed together under “Antisocial Personality Disorders”. ”
      — ‘listed’ in bogus authoritative-sounding ‘manual’ like a thousand others put out by cabal shills who appoint each other to bogus ‘positions’ in bogus ‘colleges’ and other farces to spend their labeling others who aren’t interested in their bs world order crap and don’t buy the bogus ‘authority’ bs. These shills are nobody, they’re bogus posturing shills who sit around slapping labels on other men in the attempt to control and put down those who don’t buy their crap, this while they themselves are anarchists, in this case cabal shill propagandists.

      “They certainly share a lot in common, including a disdain for authority and social mores, recklessness, a lack of empathy, and violent tendencies.”
      — ‘disdain for authority’. This was the point of this shill article, solely work in the ‘disdain for authority’ line to keep idiots duped to ‘authority’ bs, and the ‘violent tendencies’ term to dumb down right violence. Right violence opposes scum violence. We have been and are being robbed by the cabal and every scum ‘welfare’ and other bogus fraud ‘pro-gram’ bs we are being attacked by chemtrails and threatened with ‘fema camp’ bs. Of course the use of violence to stop being attacked is right violence. Only scum cabal shills work the ‘violence bad’ bs, so they they are free to lie and kill and spray you, while they wag their finger at dupes to ‘obey’ and ‘don’t be violent’. Think about how much of this crap you’ve swallowed. There is NO ‘authority’ other than an ‘authority’ a man chooses such as choosing a job. Every man is his own ‘authority’. The cabal’s two controls have been the bogus hoax babbles, and fraud ‘government’, they duped masses using a ‘god’ sockpuppet, ‘gaud sez obey’ bs, and if that doesn’t work you’re ‘obeying’ their bogus ‘government’. All cabal made up bs. Then their bogus ‘holidays’, bogus ‘sports’ and smut and every other distraction so idiots became juvenile non thinkers. They made up bogus ‘minority status’ and bogus ‘wel-fare’ then dictated what ‘social norms’ supposedly are, which is not for them to dictate but for each man to dictate for himself. After filling this territory with bogus mass ‘legal’ immigrant attacks still ongoing knowing full well that immigrants don’t give a rip, then they lay on the ‘don’t be racist’ and ‘have empathy’ and ‘be tolerant’ bs, all to strip down nature, natural law while the cabal rip off everyone else, and everyone sinks lower and lower in their bogus ‘equality’ crap. Any scum that puts a negative label on those who don’t swallow bogus ‘authority’ bs or who attempts to dictate to another man when or to whom someone is to have ‘empathy’ or ‘compassion’ is a cabal shill. It’s for each individual to decide who deserves ‘empathy’ and if that ‘empathy’ involves money that they pay for that ‘empathy’ themselves.

      “But according to an article from Psychology Today [shill bs], there are some significant differences as well. Sociopaths are more volatile, and can lash out unexpectedly. Furthermore, most crimes committed by them will be spontaneous and disorganized.”
      — This is because idiots fell for a fake life matrix, failed to be serious, idiots immersed in idiot phones and only in their little ‘family’ crap, failing to be serious, between that and useless immigrants it’s more difficult for serious people to make a tribe so an individual or two or three may do what they can to fight back, then the cabal labels them ‘lone wolf’ or other bs. That would be harder to do if there were a million gangs of twenty or fifty people, and those gangs see actions of other gangs and join in too. Dupes are going to find out the hard way soon, the cost of the failure to make tribes and stop the cabal and their mass scams and chemtrails.

      “Joshua Krause was born and raised in the Bay Area. He is a writer and researcher focused on principles of self-sufficiency and liberty at Ready Nutrition.”
      — ‘libertarian’ is cabal freemason self label, ‘liberty equality fraternity’ – weak ‘liberty’ word instead of freedom, and linked with bogus ‘equality’ for com-munist bs. ‘liberty’ is a maleable term that’s why they use it, easily shifted to ‘liberty’ ‘under’ or bogus ‘civ-il’ ‘liberty’. The word for freedom is freeom, not just ‘liberty’ but FREEDOM. This bogus article is standard bs propaganda to label right thinking men with ‘disdain’ for bogus ‘authority’ a ‘sociopath’. Dupes will find out soon enough that FAILING to have ‘disdain’ for fake ‘authority’ and failing to act only helped them kill you. Chemtrails kill. No one is going to stop it for you. The cabal and it’s million shills are anarchists, a large organized gang including a mass of shills. There are way more of everyone else, the difference is dupes follow their bogus ‘law’ and swallow bs ‘terrorist extremist vigilante sociopath’ bs and don’t make tribes to stop them. There is NO ‘authority’ other than authority you choose. Nature, natural law. Only anarchists are free.

      colchestercollection.com/titles/chunk/P/the-protocols/preface.html

      “A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.” – Ezra Pound

      • anonymous

        “Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners [or media-shills].”
        – Edward Abbey

        • truthlovingsoul

          yep.
          what we want is anarchy.
          we have been brainwashed into thinking it’s bad, dangerous, that there would be a collapse of society, but the truth is, anarchy (meaning literally “no rulers”) is what we need to aspire to, imo. the only thing that would collapse is the criminal power structure.
          we do not need owners, rulers, we never have.
          all we need is organizational skills and a council of regular folks, changed every year, to implement necessary actions. anyone in the council, elected, who does not comply with the will of the people is removed from duty.
          not rocket science.

        • anonymous

          Don’t put your psy ops crap under my post. Anarchy freedom means anarchy freedom it does NOT mean bogus ‘council’ crap or any other bs. You yammer ‘men should be free’ then ‘council’ crap, working an idiot back up psy op so if your cabal virus and other attacks fail then slobbering idiots are still looking for bogus ‘lee-ders’ yet more scum ‘government’ jew crap only called bogus ‘councils’ and whatever else. Always working that control crap aren’t you. Anarchy means men rule themselves, that means NO bogus ‘government’, NO bogus ‘councils’, it means each person enforces FREEDOM themselves and or in gangs/tribes each man chooses. No man can ‘elect’ ANY other man to ‘decide’ for or rule over OTHER men as explained exactly in ‘No Treason”, though anyone with a brain can figure that out for themselves. It doesn’t mean your ‘council’ bs, not scum fakes ‘ruling’ or ‘deciding’ for other men, it means men rule themselves and use any weapon or force they decide to enforce freedom including killing anyone who attempts to put ANY ‘government’ or ‘council’ or any other bs over other men. The jews babble hoax, islam hoax, fake ‘government’ hoaxes and mass distraction jew ‘matrix’ the last hundred years has duped many but not all. The failure to make tribes and take action means death by chemtrail virus. Anarchy means anarchy. Don’t put your psy ops crap under my posts.

          christianityexposed.info

          thezog.info

          ‘No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority”, Lysander Spooner. jim.com

          colchestercollection.com/titles/chunk/P/the-protocols/preface.html

          ‘nano’ chemtrails have implanted everyone with ‘morgellons’ fiber optics, now comes the viruses for ethnic targeting of nordic whites and latinos and other races, the white skin ashkenazi jew race will be immune. newworldwar.org/chemical.htm

          “Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners.”
          – Edward Abbey

    • truthlovingsoul

      hey, i see one right now! a new poster here at bin called “US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT” who enjoys praising obama’s policies.
      :)

    • Guntherian

      no surprise i qualify

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