Psychopathy and Corporations

by Aussie Oz 9 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  Aussie Oz

  I remember seeing a documentary a while ago about how legally, corporations are a 'person' and as such demonstrate a psychopathic personality.

  The author of the book it was based on profiled criminal psychopaths and corporations and found them to be of the same mentality and motive of operation.

  anyone else remember this?

  I feel it goes a long way to demonstrate why the watchtower corporation(s) has become the monster it is and why acts as it does, why it matters not what any individual or group thinks and why it will stomp on people to stay in its power.

  The articals are pretty long but the links should start you off!

  i am really interested to know what others think...

  http://www.cqs.com/psycho.htm

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corporation

  http://baheyeldin.com/writings/business/documentary-the-corporation-a-psychopathic-entity-with-psychopaths-for-ceos.html
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  VampireDCLXV

  Applying "The Corporation" treatment to the WTS? Hmmmm... interesting...

  Seems to fit, but we've got different dynamics here when we're talking about the WTBTS, don't we? It's a non-profit, in theory at least. Workers are volunteers, not employees, again in theory. Who would the shareholders be? I suppose it is a private corp. Where's all the money? Who uses/controlls it and to what end? Where does it all go? Have they just picked up and left workers jobless and stranded? I don't know. They don't care about people much, that's for sure.

  With Scientology I definitely see it. It totally is about money and profit. The way scieno leadership goes about things, it's hard to hide that. Scieno's are defintely scary for sure. I guess the WTS just keeps a lower profile.

  Just thinking out loud...

  V665
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  elderelite

  Oz, I read the same thing some years ago and actually Ray Franz spoke on it as well. Individuals speak of the "organization" when making decisions, but fail to make the connection that at the highest levels, like the GB, they ARE the organization. its a way to hide and disavow responsibility for decisions and the consequences of them. after all the "organization" did it, not the men running the org. It happens in big corporations all the time. the company MUST survive at the cost of all else, even those who make it work day to day. but when the Head (CEO or GB) change direction or leave, its "oh well that was a company decision"... its physco when you listen to company heads speak of things that happened after they leave a company. like they had no input. it was "the company"...
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  ziddina

  Interesting that you bring that up, Oz. I've observed that phenomenon for decades; I think there was a significant book written about it in the late '70's - early '80's...

  Hah. Did some digging and found it. Here 'tis... http://books.google.com/books?id=PJt4LqyiVNIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=men+and+women+of+the+corporation&source=bl&ots=snoTry_6J9&sig=ikf5i1d_IEzo38RGE5PmHnx5G1M&hl=en&ei=-SNrTPjgI4f2tgP6xMBG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

  Here's another site to enhance your list... http://corporatepersonalitydisorder.blogspot.com/

  Zid
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  villabolo

  I saw the film "The Corporation". Unfortunately I had to travel 30 miles by bus to the nearest 'Independent Theater' that was showing it. What I've seen in my experience in the workplace is not merely the fact that 'the corporation' acts like a psychopath in a collective manner but that it attracts individual psychopaths who are attracted to and protected by positions of power.

  It is the individual psychopath that is, in my opinion, the foundation in which evil is built upon. That's the angle I'm going to take.

  I have been reading several books lately on psychopaths in general and the book I currently have is Snakes In Suits. It's about psychopaths in the workplace. I had already suspected for quite a while but I was surprised when one of these books had the courage to speculate that an extremely high proportion of upper echelon management in corporations are psychopaths.

  There is ABSOLUTELY NO REMEDY for them of any kind, psychologically speaking. Quite the contrary, it's been discovered that the more intense the counseling is the WORSE they become. This is probably because the counseling teaches and reinforces in them the proper way in which to behave. So like a good hunter, they just learn more about their prey.

  Their brains, by the way, are different than others. There is an underdeveloped portion in the front area of the brain that neuro-psychologists believe "short circuits" their feelings of empathy. This creates a completely different type of "human" being, if you can call it that, that feels nothing for others but becomes a good chameleon in displaying skin deep pseudo emotions.

  This absolute lack of emotions of empathy is what allows them to climb to the top OF ANY HIERARCHY; be it corporate/economic, political, and yes, of course, religious; with great ease. The more Authority and Power is emphasized the more psychopaths they're likely to attract.

  Sound familiar?

  They are the type of person who would have been killed in small clan/tribal societies because of the gross psychic damage they inflict upon others. It is in larger more "civilized" societies that they, not only get to survive, but absolutely thrive. I believe these psychic vampires, along with the sycophant are a major driving force in Human History.

  Based on my personal experience; my basic knowledge of Sociobiology; and the estimate that 1-2% of the population in the US are likely to be congenital psychopaths, my opinion of what should be done is simply brutal.

  http://www.primates.com/baboons/culture.html

  VILLABOLO
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  kurtbethel

  I worked at such a place. It was toxic.
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  Aussie Oz

  This would also go a long way to explain why those at the top get to stay at the top, why they promote those of like ilk that will perpetuate the culture. It explains why the corporation will probably always be around.

  I feel that the WT CORP has long outgrown its original ideals of 'religeousness' and settled into its role as a multi-national real estate and investment corporation. The modern day religious side is now nothing more than a front for business.

  The volunteer nature of its 'workers' is a bonus. They get those in Bethel working for food, those in the congregations sending in cash to fund the investments.

  All the time keeping a psychopathic control over the minions so as to not lose the flow.

  oz
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  PrimateDave

  Interestingly, just yesterday I was thinking along the lines of how businesses, corporations, and governments act like entities within an "ecology." I use the term loosely since it can apply to so many organic phenomena.

  So, ignoring the propaganda which the Watchtower Corporation puts out, what exactly does it do? How does it interact with people, corporations, and governments in its environment? What does it consume, and what does it produce? What are its mechanisms for survival?

  I'm not saying one has to like psychopaths, but human are primates, that is to say, animals. Animals aren't inherently either "good" or "bad" just as nature isn't good or bad, despite our cultural predilection to template our own moral values upon it. That bear that's attacking you isn't "good" or "bad." It is just using the tools that "mother" nature gave it to survive (at your expense).

  Likewise, if human made hierarchies could be said to act like living organisms, then it follows that those organisms would take on the characteristics of biological entities.

  So, I kind of see in my mind's eye that the WTS is like a giant fungus that emits "propaganda chemicals" into the "human soil" of its environment in order to release the desired "nutrient money" for its sustenance.
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  freydo

  I used to work for a man who was fond of saying, "The only thing that matters to me is how much money I can make today."

  It was like he wasn't human. The only thing that mattered in his pursuit of wealth was whether something was legal.

  But he had no more concern for customers or the people worked for him than I have for cock roaches.

  The only thing that mattered was whether they could contribute to his bottom line.

  And that's what corporations are in business to do. They have no conscience. They only have Mission Statements that give

  lip service to all but major shareholders and that have nothing to do with what's best for employees.

  That's why they've got "Human Resourse Depts." I think they ought to be called "Human Tool Depts,"

  But that wouldn't go down very well. They have to act like "We Care."
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  Soldier77

  Very interesting reading. I took psychology 101 in college and it has always intrigued me, watching and learning about people and how they behave, react, adapt, control and deceive. Truly amazing.