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Those 4% seems to be evenly distributed on both sides of the Bell curve.

On one end you have your stereotypical egotist narcissist violent psychopath, only concerned with instant gratification here and now.

On the other end you have the "philantropaths", who derive their perverse instead-of-real-pleasure from dominating others "for their own good".

Yes, no, maybe?

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I believe Margaret Anna Alice coined the philanthropath term. I find it brilliant irrespective of who coined it.

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It wasn't me; didn't mean to give the impression it was.

Margaret Anna Alice is one of the sharper knives in the Substack-drawer.

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Correct, it is Margaret Anna AliceтАЩs portmanteau, shared without reservation and without seeking notoriety. ItтАЩs great to see her get credit though. My thoughts: itтАЩs a potent contribution to the lexicon.

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SCA would agree, she loves that term "philanthropath."

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Was it coined by MAA?

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Yes, MAA. Credit where itтАЩs due.

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You just might be right. She uses it all the time too.

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Absolutely.

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Excellent - there's your 2 classes of evil: philanthropaths and robber barons.

Except that now there is overlap and entanglement between these two classes.

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