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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by dghughes on Friday August 04, 2017 @03:38PM (#14931417)
>I find him pretty charming and unbelievably intelligent.

Isn't that part of why people claim he is a psychopath? Smart, lack of empathy, easily gains people's trust, and charm all bang on for traits for psychopathy.

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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by PeCaN on Friday August 04, 2017 @03:59PM (#14931665)
I have a hard time psychopaths are quite as… blunt, frankly.

He pumps a lot of money into medicine research. He gave away drugs for free to people who couldn't afford it. Neither seem particularly likely for a psychopath, and even if they are, then it's a psychopath having a net positive impact.

He is, largely, just a regular but intelligent asshole. I'm getting kinda tired of seeing "charismatic, smart, has money" == "psychopath" lately.

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