@UnrealRonen @erkhyan Because some of them are capitalized Evil. We call it by many names because the ones who are good at it can act from different mental syndromes: psychopathology, narcissistic, etc.

And yet not all of them, of any syndrome, necessarily trigger my alarms.

By the time their eyes and face form into the Mask of Sanity (name of an early work on the subject) I get a very_bad vibe. These are the hard-core selfish who resist engaging with their own humanity, and refuse to acknowledge anyone else's.

My first big corporate job I nonetheless made waves. Because there was a salesman in the organization who kept hanging out in the lobby at the times it was my turn to sub for lunch at the receptionist desk.

I asked management to tell him not to do that anymore because his vibe drove me crazy. He just sat there and did paperwork but I was very uncomfortable. Fortunately he was told not to do this, and stopped. He subsequently left the company.

About two years later he was arrested and convicted for kidnapping and rape. So I do listen to my feelings. That was a good lesson in knowing what I felt, and acting on it.

It's especially crucial since we have a whole western society built on: "The emperor does too have clothes!"