IS THE KINGPIN A PSYCHOPATH

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today's podcast, we're going to talk about whether Wilson Fisk
aka the Kingpen was actually a psychopath. We know psychopaths
inherent lack of empathy and careless callousness and molipitative, manipulative coldness,
while social paths are shaped by their environment trauma, impulsive,
erratic behaviors, and of course there's always a debate whether

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these two are different or not. So let's look at risk.
Let's look at the Kingpen for a second. He commits
murder for strategic reasons, not out of pleasure or bloodlust.
His actions are actually a methodical, planned and emotionally cold.
He shows ruthless efficiency. He values genuine emotional connections if
you remember his love for Vanessa. If you're a Marvel
fan or Daredevil fan, He's not an impulsive Hollywood psycho

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like some people tend to think he might be. He
does traditionally display impulsive violence and no remorse, but it
doesn't fit Fisk's method methodical control in regards to psychopathy sociopathy,
though it was often shaped by trauma and it gets
close to his personality, so he isn't a textbook psychopath
or sociopath. He aligns more with the classic organized predatory

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crime boss. The profile fits what psychologists might refer to
as a successful or high functioning psychopath. Some would even
call it a secondary psychopath, someone who exhibits a lot
of the psychopathic traits lack of empathy, exploitation and manipulation, manipulativeness,
yet is intellging, controlled and functional in society. Now, is

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it possible that he overlaps with borderline personality disorder? Well could?
Let's take a look when it comes to him, He's
got intense, unstable emotions in fear of a band the
met shallow emotions and emotionally cold, because possibly he could
have those two combined. The person with BPD does develop
can develop anti social psychopathic traits due to prolonged trauma,

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abuse or survival adaptations. So what did Wilson Fisk have that? Well,
he could reflect the elements of the hybrid and since
the emotional intensity, especially with Vanessa, the rage get a
cold strategic mind, how it goes back and forth and flips.
Some violent offenders or court leaders cult leaders may display
borderline level emotional volatility. Such individuals are often misdiagnosed or misunderstood.

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Maybor's and an extreme risk to themselves and others and
are very difficult to treat. So could he be a
psychopath with borderline personality disorder, maybe a sociopath with borderline
personality disorder. It's possible, of course. Hollywood characters will play
around with whatever features they like to have on the characters.
It doesn't usually fit the diagnosis, and the diagnosises are

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also not one hundred percent reliable and valid. But he's
got some, definitely some traits for psychopathy and borderline