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The book The Sociopath Next Door estimates than 4% of the population are sociopaths. (Not all sociopaths are racists, and not all racists are sociopaths, so it isn’t an exact overlap.) 4% doesn’t sound like a lot, but it’s one out of 25. So I say, the next time you’re in a group of 25 or more people - at church, maybe, or in a mall or at a sporting event - look around and try to figure out which one(s) is/are the sociopath.

And yes, the decline of shame as an inhibitor has been a loss to society.

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