Via Boing Boing, a study find that psychopaths love Trummpian autocrats and endorse racist views:

The researchers found that heightened interpersonal and affective psychopathic traits were positively associated with social dominance orientation and right-wing authoritarianism, which in turn were linked to increased anti-immigrant attitudes towards Middle-Eastern refugees and distrust of minorities.

On a related note, NPR took a fascinating look at the Hare Psychopathology Checklist, and it’s (mis)use in determining sentencing and parole requests. Like many tests of psychological constructs, the creator of the test saw it become something beyond the instrument’s intent. Psychopathy is interesting because, like schizophrenia, people use the word casually without knowing what the disorder really entails.

New study links psychopathic tendencies to racial prejudice and right-wing authoritarianism