Sociopath

by Patric Gagne

“Empathy, guilt, shame, remorse, jealousy, even love—these are considered social emotions,” she said. “We’re not born with them. They’re learned.”

“According to the PCL, psychopaths and sociopaths all demonstrate a very specific type of social aggression. I describe it as the pushy-salesman symptom. There’s a lot of overt arrogance and antagonism.” She continued, “It’s the primary way sociopaths establish social dominance. It’s how they assert control.”