Saturday, November 28, 2009

The Pathology of Evil in Politics


From the American Thinker:

Do purely evil individuals exist who can hide their true nature from the rest of the world? And are these individuals drawn into politics as a conduit for dominating an unsuspecting and acquiescent populace?

There is a theory that evil is a pathological disorder. The observation that psychopaths, including sociopaths and narcissists, all exhibit chronically evil behavior makes a persuasive argument for that theory. In Andrew M. Lobaczewski's book, Political Ponerology: A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes, the case is made for equating evil and psychosis in the political arena:

The actions of [pathocracy] affect an entire society, starting with the leaders and infiltrating every town, business, and institution. The pathological social structure gradually covers the entire country creating a "new class" within that nation. This privileged class feels permanently threatened by the "others", i.e. by the majority of normal people.

Lobaczewski also references the following passage from The Sociopath Next Door, by clinical psychologist Dr. Martha Stout:

Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken.

And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept without question, like gullible fools.

Now add to this strange fantasy the ability to conceal from other people that your psychological makeup is radically different from theirs. Since everyone simply assumes that conscience is universal among human beings, hiding the fact that you are conscience-free is nearly effortless.

You are not held back from any of your desires by guilt or shame, and you are never confronted by others for your cold-bloodedness. The ice water in your veins is so bizarre, so completely outside of their personal experience, that they seldom even guess at your condition.

In other words, you are completely free of internal restraints, and your unhampered liberty to do just as you please, with no pangs of conscience, is conveniently invisible to the world.

You can do anything at all, and still your strange advantage over the majority of people, who are kept in line by their consciences will most likely remain undiscovered.

Dr. Stout estimates that this psychosis affects approximately 4% of the population. It seems obvious that many of these will gravitate to politics, where power over others is most attainable. Lobaczewski places the amount of undiagnosed psychopaths who join the pathocracy at 6%:

Approximately 6% of the population constitute the active structure of the pathocracy, which carries its own peculiar consciousness of its own goals. Twice as many people constitute a second group: those who have managed to warp their personalities to meet the demands of the new reality. ...

This second group consists of individuals who are, on the average, weaker, more sickly, and less vital. The frequency of known mental diseases in this group is at twice the rate of the national average. We can thus assume that the genesis of their submissive attitude toward the regime, their greater susceptibility to pathological effects, and their skittish opportunism includes various relatively impalpable anomalies. ...

The 6% group constitute the new nobility; the 12% group forms the new bourgeoisie, whose economic situation is the most advantageous. ... Only 18% of the country's population is thus in favor of the new system of government.

The question is, how do we recognize and ferret out the sociopaths and narcissists currently in power in both political parties? This is an inherently difficult task due to the ability of these psychopaths to disguise their disease. I believe it is possible to isolate them through critically observing and identifying the inconsistencies between their apparent irrational behavior and the image they are trying to present.

For instance, what are we to make of a president who suddenly bursts out laughing while being interviewed on the potential for economic depression in the U.S.? How about a jovial president giving a friendly "shout-out" to a colleague before delivering a listless homily on the brutal murder of thirteen American soldiers by a ruthless domestic Islamist terrorist? Perhaps the picture of Obama striding down the White House steps while his "friend" Professor Gates is helped by Officer Crowley is an indicator of his true personality.
Go read the whole thing.

10 comments:

Epaminondas said...

I ran across this in a chain of links and I think this may be a very important perception which turns out to be a factual analysis...that is..the amoral psycho drawn to political power by their own compulsions.

Follow the AT links to the books and sites.

Worth the time to read.

Good catch pasto

Pastorius said...

Thanks, Epa. Seems plausible to me.

I have to admit, it is true that if such people exist, it is hard for me to recognize them, because I just can not imagine them.

revereridesagain said...

That's why we don't recognize them, because we can't imagine them, or more to the point we can't imagine being that way ourselves. So we don't believe they exist despite the evidence. We take their excuses and rationalizations at face value, we mistake their "charisma" for substance.

Not quite as OT as it sounds, but does anyone visit the blog Republican Temple and if so do you happen to know why it was named that and by whom? (This has nothing whatever to do with Freemasons or Zionism. I'm looking for a specific connection here. And hoping like hell not to find it.)

Pastorius said...

I've never heard of Republican Temple.

revereridesagain said...

Btw, would someone please point out to Andrew Thomas that "marry a nerd" is not a working solution for an intelligent woman. Shutting off your emotional life in the interests of a "stable marriage" works just fine in the short run, but you had better be completely successful at turning yourself into a "nerd" as well, or what you eventually become is a Sitting Duck.

Pastorius said...

I know a woman who married a nerd. He's a nice guy, but he's pretty much "emotionally unavailable."

She has made up for that by creating a robust social life for herself, and by starting her own business.

She seems happy, though I'm guessing she does not feel her life is complete.

But really, how many people do feel their life is complete?

Anonymous said...

catching this post late, but pastorius I have run into people like this in life once or twice aqnd if they get unmasked by you in any way for thier sociopathy,

they become some of the most fucking terrifying scary mofo's you well ever be in the presence of.

beleive me when I say in real life if you suspect your dealing with one do not expose them, they are dangerous. I ran into one in particular when I was in my twenties and once they know you know you literally are not safe.

revereridesagain said...

Rumcrook, the one I found and tried to help expose has been moved around by the Army just like Hasan was, except in this one's case child rape/prostitution and blackmail were the problem. I got a threatening email from the creep just months ago.

That's why I asked about Republican Temple. Ret. Gen. Paul Vallely, who apparently has something to do with that blog, used to be buds with the abovementioned creep and they co-authored a paper on mind control. The creep used to run a cult that had Temple as part of its name so I'm just trying to make sure I avoid him and anyone who has anything to do with him.

revereridesagain said...

Pastorius

That woman you know is far wiser than I was. In my case I made up for it by starting my own design business and creating a robust fantasy life, which I figured I could keep nice and safe.

Wrong.

If you make the commitment to safety and sanity you have to cut out and get rid of the parts of you that won't mesh with that. Because if you don't do that thoroughly, then some day someone will use them to destroy everything you have.

revereridesagain said...

Relatively good summation of the situation at this site: http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/satanic_subversion.htm

Some passing references to conspiracy-theory type stuff, but mostly they stick to the facts. So maybe Nidal Hasan shouldn't have been such a surprise after all.