I was just looking at an issue of New Scientist magazine, I think it was a November 29 2008 issue. It had an article about the type of people psychopaths focus on. In passing, it mentioned that successful business people tend to have psychopathic personality traits. I notice that the few successful business people I know seem to have a complete lack of empathy for other people, but they fake empathy when it suites their needs. Since that Bernie Madoff guy essentially turned himself in, maybe he is the exception to the rule, maybe he had some empathy for his customers.

Anyway, the article at the start of this thread said that the French city of Lyon didn't have the vandalism problem. Maybe it is not the presence of capitalists but the presence of national politicians that stimulates that kind of anit-social crime. I haven't noticed a trashed out share bike here in DC yet. I regularly pass several of the parking stations. I think I see someone riding one each time I ride through the downtown.