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Googling for Sociopaths (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)

"One of the best things about capitalism is the way it handles sociopaths. Major executives look up to Alexander the Great and apparently try to follow in his footsteps. But instead of leading a murderous campaign across Asia, they decide to make something people want: newspapers and movies and television shows. True, they’re far from perfect, but you have to admit it’s a lot better than mass slaughter."

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  • One of the best things about capitalism is the way it handles sociopaths. Major executives look up to Alexander the Great and apparently try to follow in his footsteps. But instead of leading a murderous campaign across Asia, they decide to make something people want: newspapers and movies and television shows. True, they’re far from perfect, but you have to admit it’s a lot better than mass slaughter.
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What a mess our military has made | Dan Plesch | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

"Today, the idea that a political adversary might lay a military trap is incomprehensible to an ostensibly rational military establishment"

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  • al-Qaida probably lured the US into Afghanistan with the 9/11 attacks, envisaging that the resulting war with the Pashtun areas would enable them to repeat the empire-destroying victory over the Soviets.
  • among the Arab diplomatic corps the idea is almost a given, while in the west it cannot even be discussed.
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