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More like 10 million psychopaths. 4% psychopathy rate.
I didn't believe you. can you present evidence?
I can try to find. The 4% is the population rate of being without empathy. So that would cover sociopathy, psychopathy, and narcissistic personality disorder. It's still damaging and terrifying.
how does the dsm define psychopathy
I think it's just "antisocial" traits. I also think it might have been updated to exclude sociopathy, but I read books about this a long time ago, so not sure. Psychopaths are Machiavellian, have no empathy, and are narcissistic, iirc. It's called the dark triad. Narcissists still experience anxiety, so they are different that way. Borderline folks often feel bad about themselves rather than having a grandiose sense of self, and I think they only have periods of lack of empathy during episodes. Really, I'm not sure borderline folks count in the 4%. I'm also not sure sociopaths and psychopaths are still classified separately in DSM.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8374040/
This study puts it at 4.5% , which is way more than is listed in Wikipedia.