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Feral Finster's avatar

A good question. Because sociopaths are precisely the people who will do whatever it takes to get power.

Shakespeare's Richard III is most instructive in this regard.

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Carolyn L Zaremba's avatar

But Shakespeare's version of Richard III was the opposite of the REAL Richard III because he couldn't tell the truth about Elizabeth I's grandfather Henry VII, who murdered Richard.

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I think you are confusing Richard III with Richard I, aka the Lionhearted.

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Carolyn L Zaremba's avatar

Ha ha ha! OK.

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