Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Inside the Psyche of the 1% -- Many Actually Believe Their Ideology of Greed Makes for a Better World | Alternet

Inside the Psyche of the 1% -- Many Actually Believe Their Ideology of Greed Makes for a Better World | Alternet
"Do the rich and super-rich tend to be psychopaths, devoid of guilt or shame? Are the 1% lacking in compassion? Does their endless accumulation of possessions actually bring them little to no happiness? To each of these, the answer is “yes”—but a very qualified “yes” with lots of subtleties. Even more important is what these issues suggest for building a society which does not ravage the last remnants of wilderness and rush headlong into a climate change tipping point."