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5. Because people underestimate him and in doing such, give him the benefit of the doubt.

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It's also entirely contrary to the good nature of normal people (more than 7 million of which showed up for democracy and reason on October 18th) to entertain the notion that someone who appears so harmless would be planning ways to make everyone in his path suffer in pain in various proportions.

We want to believe that people are good natured overall.

We have a tendency to overestimate our own benevolence and hope that others in our world will be good to us even if we don't believe that we deserve it sometimes. We can't build cooperation and collective visioning otherwise.

Most people don't wake up everyday looking for a fight. It's one of the many things that psychopaths thrive on.

Unfortunately, as the population grows, so does the population of Psychopaths.

Thankfully ...

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Studies show that approximately 1% of the general population exhibits psychopathic traits. In certain settings, such as criminal populations, the percentage increases significantly, reaching around 15–25%. This discrepancy highlights the importance of understanding psychopathy within different contexts. ...
https://mindpsychiatrist.com/what-percentage-of-the-population-is-psychopathic/

Neuropsych — June 18, 2019
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https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/psychopaths-by-state/
Here are the U.S. states with the highest prevalence of psychopaths.
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Psychopathy statistics and facts
PDF with links and graphs
https://psychopathyis.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PsychopathyIs_Graphics_07_03_23-2-1.pdf