06/09/2025
Let’s see how many of these Persistent Predatory Personality traits apply to
Dark Triad Persistent Predatory Personality: Attributes, Weaponry and Tactics
ATTRIBUTES (20)
Group 1 – They drive the agenda.
1. A drive for control, power, dominance
2. Self-view of superior and special, entitled
3. A pathological, explosive inner response to being compromised or challenged
4. Vengeful.
5. Uncompromising.
Group 2 – They are motivated and operate differently and darkly.
6. Predatory (including calculated).
7. Sadistic (including cruel).
8. Has a low regard for laws, regulations, and agreements, as well as social and moral codes.
9. Sexual boundarylessness.
10. Unreasonable expectations of others.
Group 3 – They are hard to identify, and the truth is not easy to distinguish.
11. Actively cultivates facade of ‘normal’.
12. Chameleon-like.
13. Dishonest.
14. Devious and manipulative, including consciously exploiting and misleading others to be inadvertently complicit (The dark personality superpower).
15. Unwillingness to accept responsibility for negative impacts they cause.
Group 4 – They don’t experience feelings in the same way as others.
16. Without authentic emotion, emotional responses are acted.
17. Callous.
18. Unremorseful.
19. Self-interested.
20. Brazen.
WEAPONRY OR TACTICS (25)
Intimidates with an intent to create fear.
Isolates.
Weaponises the justice system.
Accuses the victim of their own nefarious deeds (‘reverse attribution’), blames others.
Creates a contrived sense of deep connection.
Pretends to be the victim.
Capitalises on data.
Blocks, evades, and deflects.
Focuses on evidence reduction and avoidance of transparency.
Diminishes, degrades, disempowers, and discredits.
Engages in a complex set of behaviours which are difficult to ‘see through’ and understand collectively.
Uses convoluted discussion.
Confuses and creates chaos.
Publicly and privately provokes.
Moves in and out of supportive and non-supportive approaches.
Attacks process and the qualifications, experience and integrity of professionals who challenge them.
Ingratiates themselves to people in power.
Dismisses, denies, and minimises.
Justifies and excuses.
Blackmails and bribes.
Delays and postpones.
Obligates.
Forces, coerces, and bullies.
Creates and capitalises on divisiveness, divides, and conquers.
Mirrors and copies.
DIFFERENTIATORS [qualities that vary across the PPP sector of humanity; hence, not all PPPs are ‘successful’ at things like keeping out of jail, getting rich, having a high social status, etc.] where PPP is Persistent Predatory Personality 🚨
Capabilities
Planning and goal setting.
Emotion emulation and persona creation.
Presentation of competence.
Focus and purpose.
Funding of lifestyle.
Self-protection.
Retention of freedom.
Values
Wealth.
Attention from others.
Status.
Viewed as reliable.
Legacy.