"It's Necessary"

 

As I've said many times that only a small proportion of people are true psychopaths; six percent is a common estimate. However, there is another category of people which I call "pseudopsychopaths" and there are many more of them. In fact I think probably the majority of people in society exhibit pseudopsychopathic behaviour to a greater or lesser degree. How can we tell the difference between the two? I've found that one major distinction is that pseudopsychos will try to justify their actions to themselves with moral excuses. A true psycho will not. The real McCoy has no conscience and so won't care. Whenever I complained about my treatment by civilians at the hospital, including "Sharon", see: https://hpanwo-hpwa.blogspot.com/2024/01/how-dare-you.html and "Stacey", see: https://hpanwo-hpwa.blogspot.com/2024/01/well-take-it-from-here.html, sometimes I would get an answer along the lines of: "This behaviour may seem nasty and demeaning to you, but it is necessary. The modern NHS cannot function without a highly organized and disciplined workforce in which everybody knows their place and behaves accordingly. It's nothing personal, Ben; it's just people reminding you of this necessity." It's an attitude illustrated well in two movie clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RZmWH-Fcws and: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpoR10Zh0ig. This explanation has never rung true for me. Firstly, I've always "known my place"; and, as I've said many times, I'm very proud of my place and wouldn't want to be in another one. Also, I'm completely aware of the need for discipline and organization. We all have a duty to perform and an obligation to do it. In fact I was one of the first to raise the alarm about declining levels of discipline, see: https://hpanwo-hpwa.blogspot.com/2016/12/nurse-sacked-for-praying.html. However, I believe a service base that is well trained, cared for, happy and treated well will develop internal self-discipline. In my experience, the ward sister who treated her nurses kindly got much more work out of them than the evil bitches who just shouted and criticized. And in my own profession, the head porter who was bullish and detached bred resentment among the crew. This encouraged us to move in a slovenly manner, cut corners and swing the lead as much as possible. The porters would feel less energetic and inspired. Could it be that the reason this idea has become so popular is because it provides a false justification, a convenient smokescreen? These people just want to treat other people badly. They enjoy being horrible to others; it's as simple as that. The idea that "it's necessary" appeals to them because it satisfies whatever remains of their conscience after they've desperately tried to suppress it.
See here for more information: https://hpanwo-hpwa.blogspot.com/2023/12/hps-and-psychos.html.
And: https://hpanwo-hpwa.blogspot.com/2015/12/nhs-nurses-destroy-patients-doll.html.