Joe Biden is the best you have. Like he says, compare him to the alternative. That might not be the best reason to vote for him, but it's all you have at the moment. It will take many years, if ever to clean up this mess. I thank the lord he is president at this moment in history.
I can't imagine our ruling class submitting to anything like the kind oof screening you suggest. But you are right. Positions of great power seem particularly attractive to dangerous personality types: Tino de Angeles, the Hunt Brothers, and many more. And of course Donald Trump. Your professional ethics may prevent you from saying this, but I have no such restrictions: Trump is an archetype malignant narcissist. M. Scott Peck MD, once mused that if evil could be diagnosed, evil would be a malignant narcissist. I studied up on malignant narcissists after I noticed them damaging some of my client firms.
I don't, so far. And I will NEVER vote for ANY Republican until their pathology in supporting Trump is healed. However, I think her assertion that he should be examined by mental health experts to assess his mental capacity is fair.
Regardless of whatever issues Joe Biden may or may not have, most asking, "So what about Joe Biden?" when confronted with questions about trump & the GOP's much more dangerous pathologies, is usually little more than partisan whataboutism, with no real interest in the truth unless it hurts Biden. Dr. Lee, please don't waste your precious time repeating yourself to those out to waste it re: Biden's cognitive. Just send them here. Thank you for all you do!
Most welcome. Had to be said. Have total faith in Dr. Lee, but sometimes there are psychological patterns we more political people will recognize or are allowed to say before psychological experts forced into politics, because the APA is failing democracy.
That is not what I got from it. She said clearly, Trump is "a severely mentally-disturbed person." So she's not out to hurt Biden. In her personal politics she has disagreements with and criticism of Biden. But the point of her article was not about those. It was twofold. One was to show, through the article “We need a serious conversation about Joe Biden’s brain", "the issues with Biden are consistent with declining cognitive acuity associated with age, which his speech impediment accentuates." I was persuaded of that by reading the article. (Did you read it?) And I am a lifelong Dem and also very much interested in the truth.
The other was to assert that Joe Biden, because he's exhibiting declining cognitive acuity, shoule be examined by mental health experts to assess his mental capacity. As a Dem - and many Dems are worried about his age - I agree. Because of his age and all the examples of misspeaking noted, I think it is quite reasonable for this to happen. The voters deserve to know.
idk where you got the idea it was said or implied that Dr. Lee was out to hurt Biden or that she isn't totally right about the fair concern for cognitive decline. The comment was clearly about many of the people who ask the question about Biden as a deflection away from trump's and/or DeSantis' far more dangerous pathologies.
It was not my idea. I was responding to Sam who said she was showing "partisan whataboutism, with no real interest in the truth unless it hurts Biden." From that I took that he meant that she was out to hurt Biden. And I said she WAS in fact right about the concern for cognitive decline."
I am Sam & Sam & I am. This was addressed to Bandy in her post as moral support for her to not let partisans grind her down with repetitive questions, because they are a grind. The msg was for her and not ABOUT her.
"most asking, "So what about Joe Biden?" vs. trump & the GOP is usually little more than partisan whataboutism, with no real interest in the truth unless it hurts Biden." Bandy is not the one asking about Biden. She is the one being asked and she would never deflect away from trump by bringing up Biden's cognitive. I thought it was obvious because we all know Bandy only cares about the truth. I'll see if I can remove the perceived ambiguity.
I have a friends who see Biden biking in their neighborhood. He stops and asks about their children. Compare this to TFG. In this case, it's not "follow the money," instead, for all of our sakes, it's "follow the mental health." Thank you Dr. Lee, from another MD.
Dr Lee, i don't know why anyone with an intellect from any field can say he/she is not interested in politics. Intellectual, in my definition, is a person who has knowledge & intellect, and uses his/her knowledge for betterment of society through spreading the knowledge. An intellectual who is isolated from society & "living in a box" is worthless.
In my country, a mob (cow vigilantes) under mass psychosis lynches any person who they suspect of eating beef because they consider cow as mother of human. Mob of tens of thousands destroy a (Babri) mosque because they think that underlying the mosque is birth place of some Hindu demigod. Can a psychologist/psychiatrist stay mute & claim he/she is not a "political person"?
But it's not just about psychologists. Economics is the most corrupted discipline in the world because it deals with policy making on MONEY. And money, an instrument of power, has always been an interest of oligarchs & plutocrats. To mold economic policies to gain power, oligarchs & plutocrats have corrupted economics field. Just like Liberman of APA, Economics is full of scoundrels like Larry summers. Economics which is supposed to be a scientific field has become pseudoscientific profession which creates unscientific, unsound, illogical public policies. A sane economist who sees the corruption of this field cannot say that he/she is apolitical.
This goes for intellectuals and philosophers from all fields of knowledge.
Regarding Joe Biden, it's clear that he doesn't have severe pathocratic traits like Donald Trump & other Republicans like DeSantis (very weird personality-who is this guy?) or Democrats like RFK Jr (who i think is a textbook case of delusional disorder - experts should do analysis on him).
But I am little concerned about Biden's age & his frequent speech slip-ups.
Joe Biden is the best you have. Like he says, compare him to the alternative. That might not be the best reason to vote for him, but it's all you have at the moment. It will take many years, if ever to clean up this mess. I thank the lord he is president at this moment in history.
I can't imagine our ruling class submitting to anything like the kind oof screening you suggest. But you are right. Positions of great power seem particularly attractive to dangerous personality types: Tino de Angeles, the Hunt Brothers, and many more. And of course Donald Trump. Your professional ethics may prevent you from saying this, but I have no such restrictions: Trump is an archetype malignant narcissist. M. Scott Peck MD, once mused that if evil could be diagnosed, evil would be a malignant narcissist. I studied up on malignant narcissists after I noticed them damaging some of my client firms.
I don’t have concerns about Joe Biden. I will not hesitate to vote for him for a second term.
I don't, so far. And I will NEVER vote for ANY Republican until their pathology in supporting Trump is healed. However, I think her assertion that he should be examined by mental health experts to assess his mental capacity is fair.
Regardless of whatever issues Joe Biden may or may not have, most asking, "So what about Joe Biden?" when confronted with questions about trump & the GOP's much more dangerous pathologies, is usually little more than partisan whataboutism, with no real interest in the truth unless it hurts Biden. Dr. Lee, please don't waste your precious time repeating yourself to those out to waste it re: Biden's cognitive. Just send them here. Thank you for all you do!
Exactly, thank you for saying this!
Most welcome. Had to be said. Have total faith in Dr. Lee, but sometimes there are psychological patterns we more political people will recognize or are allowed to say before psychological experts forced into politics, because the APA is failing democracy.
That is not what I got from it. She said clearly, Trump is "a severely mentally-disturbed person." So she's not out to hurt Biden. In her personal politics she has disagreements with and criticism of Biden. But the point of her article was not about those. It was twofold. One was to show, through the article “We need a serious conversation about Joe Biden’s brain", "the issues with Biden are consistent with declining cognitive acuity associated with age, which his speech impediment accentuates." I was persuaded of that by reading the article. (Did you read it?) And I am a lifelong Dem and also very much interested in the truth.
The other was to assert that Joe Biden, because he's exhibiting declining cognitive acuity, shoule be examined by mental health experts to assess his mental capacity. As a Dem - and many Dems are worried about his age - I agree. Because of his age and all the examples of misspeaking noted, I think it is quite reasonable for this to happen. The voters deserve to know.
idk where you got the idea it was said or implied that Dr. Lee was out to hurt Biden or that she isn't totally right about the fair concern for cognitive decline. The comment was clearly about many of the people who ask the question about Biden as a deflection away from trump's and/or DeSantis' far more dangerous pathologies.
It was not my idea. I was responding to Sam who said she was showing "partisan whataboutism, with no real interest in the truth unless it hurts Biden." From that I took that he meant that she was out to hurt Biden. And I said she WAS in fact right about the concern for cognitive decline."
I am Sam & Sam & I am. This was addressed to Bandy in her post as moral support for her to not let partisans grind her down with repetitive questions, because they are a grind. The msg was for her and not ABOUT her.
"most asking, "So what about Joe Biden?" vs. trump & the GOP is usually little more than partisan whataboutism, with no real interest in the truth unless it hurts Biden." Bandy is not the one asking about Biden. She is the one being asked and she would never deflect away from trump by bringing up Biden's cognitive. I thought it was obvious because we all know Bandy only cares about the truth. I'll see if I can remove the perceived ambiguity.
Thanks, Sam I Am.
I have a friends who see Biden biking in their neighborhood. He stops and asks about their children. Compare this to TFG. In this case, it's not "follow the money," instead, for all of our sakes, it's "follow the mental health." Thank you Dr. Lee, from another MD.
Dr Lee, i don't know why anyone with an intellect from any field can say he/she is not interested in politics. Intellectual, in my definition, is a person who has knowledge & intellect, and uses his/her knowledge for betterment of society through spreading the knowledge. An intellectual who is isolated from society & "living in a box" is worthless.
In my country, a mob (cow vigilantes) under mass psychosis lynches any person who they suspect of eating beef because they consider cow as mother of human. Mob of tens of thousands destroy a (Babri) mosque because they think that underlying the mosque is birth place of some Hindu demigod. Can a psychologist/psychiatrist stay mute & claim he/she is not a "political person"?
But it's not just about psychologists. Economics is the most corrupted discipline in the world because it deals with policy making on MONEY. And money, an instrument of power, has always been an interest of oligarchs & plutocrats. To mold economic policies to gain power, oligarchs & plutocrats have corrupted economics field. Just like Liberman of APA, Economics is full of scoundrels like Larry summers. Economics which is supposed to be a scientific field has become pseudoscientific profession which creates unscientific, unsound, illogical public policies. A sane economist who sees the corruption of this field cannot say that he/she is apolitical.
This goes for intellectuals and philosophers from all fields of knowledge.
Regarding Joe Biden, it's clear that he doesn't have severe pathocratic traits like Donald Trump & other Republicans like DeSantis (very weird personality-who is this guy?) or Democrats like RFK Jr (who i think is a textbook case of delusional disorder - experts should do analysis on him).
But I am little concerned about Biden's age & his frequent speech slip-ups.
How do I go about "learning about human behavior"? Could you possibly make some specific suggestions? Thank you.