Here are the Presidents who rated most strongly on psychopathic trends, as per a survey of Presidential biographers and historians. Note the inclusion of some of the Presidents rated best by historians (as well as GW Bush):
- Teddy Roosevelt
- John F. Kennedy
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Ronald Reagan
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- Zachary Taylor
- Bill Clinton
- Martin Van Buren
- Andrew Jackson
- George W. Bush
Some of our less-effective leaders were among the least strongly psychopathic: Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush.
‘Okay, so, what the hell? Here’s neuroscientist James Fallon.Why do we prefer leaders who are, as Fallon puts it, “world-champ liars, pathological liars, even for the hell of it?” Well, it turns out that they lie for us. We’re totally cool with someone being a psychopath as long as they’re our psychopath…’
Source: Big Think
