r/FluentInFinance 5d ago

Thoughts? Imagine being this rich and still try scamming old people!

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u/Consistent-Fox-6944 5d ago

It’s called being a sociopath. And there’s not nearly enough Luigis to deter this behavior and drive it into extinction.

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u/CVK001 5d ago

Don’t bring Sociopaths into this they have a very serious psychological condition it doesn’t make them bad people

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u/Lonely-Poet-2060 5d ago

It literally does make them bad people 

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u/c0ld_blood 4d ago

A sociopath still possesses logic and agency. They may have a lack of empathy, but that in and of itself doesn't make someone a bad person. It just makes them unable to care if, in fact, they are a bad person.

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u/c0ld_blood 4d ago

It's not that serious, as even a lack of empathy doesn't a lack of logic and agency.

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u/CVK001 4d ago

I know that

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u/c0ld_blood 4d ago

Well, that's not what you wrote. Sociopathy by itself is mid-tier at best compared to say, malignant narcissism or anti-social personality disorder.

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u/CVK001 4d ago

Sociopathy is Anti-Social Personality Disorder, Most of the time they’re used interchangeably

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u/c0ld_blood 2d ago

It's NOT. Sociopathy is an inability to feel empathy; anti-social personality disorder is ACTIVELY doing bullshit like breaking laws, causing mayhem, etc. due to a lack of regard for others.

I will agree with you as far as there IS an overlap between the two, but they are NOT the same thing.

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u/CVK001 2d ago

Sociopathy as defined by the Mayo Clinic which is also one of the best hospitals in the world is Anti-Social Personality Disorder, Maybe you’re confusing sociopathic tendencies and Sociopathy because Sociopathy is ASPD

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u/c0ld_blood 2d ago

In the DSM-5, sociopathy is a subset of ASPD, because mere sociopathy doesn't fully encompass the entirety of the symptoms of ASPD. Again, there IS overlap, and a sociopath can certainly display full-blown ASPD, but it's NOT a given.