Psychopath is one particular slur that I've started ignoring. We've been taught it is equivalent to evil, or something like that, and it's used as a thought-terminating cliche. But, the basic traits of clinical psychopathy aren't really inherently evil.
The characteristics that define clinical psychopathy are many of the same that make effective leaders
Indeed - if all the voters were psychopaths then they would at least elect a candidate that served their interests instead of being totally persuaded by show.
I think most people who gain such a high office are much more psychopathic than average anyway.
The characteristics that define clinical psychopathy are many of the same that make effective leaders
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/07/the-startl...
(I certainly don't want a psychopathic criminal in charge, but psychopath != criminal)