The Role of Ideology in the Development of Evil Regimes (Pathocracies) - The Diigo Meta page

• 13 Apr 08
  

  Arne Løining

  pathocracy ponerology

  • At the social level, hatred, envy, greed and strife multiply exponentially. Crime increases faster than the population. Combined with wars, insurrections and political purges, multiplied millions across the globe are without adequate food or shelter due to political actions… The totality of human suffering is a dreadful thing…
  • They can imitate feelings, but the only real feelings they seem to have… is a sort of “predatorial hunger” for what they want. All else – all activity – is subsumed to this drive. In short, the psychopath is a predator. If we think about the interactions of predators with their prey in the animal kingdom, we can come to some idea of what is behind the “mask of sanity” of the psychopath. This leads us to an important question: what does the psychopath really get from their victims? It’s easy to see what they are after when they lie and manipulate for money or material goods or power. But in many instances… we can only say that it seems to be that the psychopath enjoys making others suffer.
  • 1) Many psychopaths develop the ability to make themselves appear normal.
    2) Denial: Many normal people find it very difficult to acknowledge the presence of evil.
    3) Many normal (though naïve) people believe that psychopaths are found only in prison.
    4) Racism, etc: When evil is perpetrated on “others”, many have a tendency to ignore it.

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