narcissists and psychopaths in government

Gladys is from an older generation that despises the New World Order for not only spawning governments that dictate rather than do our bidding but also for providing the narcissists and psychopaths among us with a niche they would never have found decades ago.

"We've all come across these people in our private lives," says Gladys. "The narcissistic store clerk who tries to influence you into buying something they think would be better for you, because they say so; or the psychopathic check out clerk at the '10 items only line' who counts every item and aggressively refuses to allow you to buy the 11th item in your basket. Putting people like this in REAL positions of power over us is what dictatorships do, not democratic governments."

"Narcissists -- those possessing a personality disorder marked by an overestimation of their own appearance and abilities and an excessive need for admiration -- are drawn to positions of power like moths to a flame," says Gladys, "and governments with an agenda to push appear to deliberately recruit these flawed individuals because of their personal characteristics. Who better to change our behavior than the narcissists who childishly demand that the world revolve around themselves and that others alter their behavior or appearance to conform with theirs."

"Got too many fat people, smokers or slackers? Call in the narcissists," laughs Gladys. "Who better than the narcissists, addicted to complete domination over whatever space or situation they find themselves in -- believing themselves to be more special than anyone else, and more perfect in every respect -- to whip people into shape."

"They think in black and white terms, you're with us or against us, there is no middle ground," says Gladys, "and being masters of character assassination -- of playing the man rather than the ball -- they can be ruthlessly cruel in trying to make everyone conform to their impossibly perfect standards."

"Unlike narcissists -- whose excessive need for admiration can be controlled somewhat by consistent ridicule -- psychopaths are truly dangerous people," says Gladys, "and the fact that they are fast taking up more and more positions of power within our governments, removing our freedoms and leading us back to slavery, is something all of us should condemn."

"Psychopaths have a personality disorder marked by aggressive, violent and anti-social thoughts and behaviours," says Gladys, "and their worst trait of all is a complete lack of remorse or empathy. They are the hatchet men and woman that governments might employ for short periods in national emergencies, but certainly should NOT employ in positions of permanent employment where they can gain totalitarian control over others, enrich themselves by fraudulent means and engage in abuse of law-abiding citizens with impunity."

"Without a cause to inflame their passions, both narcissists and psychopaths are dangerous, but should they actually espouse the cause of their political masters -- which would be likely, taking into consideration why they were employed in the first place -- the power they have been given can have disastrous effects on the rest of us."

"Take any issue -- obesity, guns, smoking, global warming, whatever," says Gladys. "Rather than attacking the industries whose products produce the undesired effects, these people have been given free reign to attack the consumers instead -- peaceful, law-abiding citizens, often vulnerable people without the resources to fight back."

"It is our behavior -- our consumption of these products or irresponsible use of them -- that is at fault," explains Gladys, "and it is their job to teach us a lesson in good behavior by massive and expensive public education onslaughts, reinforced by personal attacks -- name-calling, bullying, bizarre accusations, domineering intrusions, assaults on democracy, discrimination and the use of force if necessary."

"It has nothing really to do the cause, whatever it might be -- causes come and go -- but everything to do with power," says Gladys. "In political systems set up to protect us against dictators, how is it that our governments are employing these crazies to crush us and force us to do their bidding?"

"What sort of democracy are we living in where these narcissists and psychopaths are given power to brazenly demand all right of control over public and private property as well as the private lives and personal choices of others?"

"How are we supposed to defend our democratic rights against people who are pathologically incapable of understanding or caring about human values and feelings and the future consequences of their actions?"

"As the saying goes," sighs Gladys, "the lunatics are now in charge of the asylum."

"We can rid ourselves of their political masters -- those responsible for hiring them -- at election time," says Gladys, "but how can we rid ourselves of these monsters who now just about rule our public service and all the advisory bodies out there -- and, conceivably, can even rig elections to ensure their political masters remain in power?"

"Narcissists and psychopaths, by nature, have no respect for democratic principles and will use the system, unashamedly, for personal gain," says Gladys. "Do we wait until they expose themselves -- by doing something so outrageous that they're forced to resign -- or do we demand, right now, an ongoing psychological assessment of all people in public employment and root them out before they do more damage?"