Today we finished our discussion of chapter 5 of Political Ponerology, covering the final section, “General Considerations.” Specific topics covered:
why this chapter is the centerpiece of the book—everything before leads up to it, everything after it expands on it
the predictive power of ponerology, and how Lobaczewski was able to predict important features, phases, and weaknesses in the pathocracy of the time: “Communism”
the demography of pathocracy, in which something like 85% of the population can be united against their leadership
the 6% “new nobility” and the 12% “new bourgeoisie”
the questionable loyalty of the new bourgeoisie
psychopathy, while the most important disorder, only constitutes around 10% of the pathocratic leadership
how to translate the necessary technical language of ponerology for the general public?
similarities and differences between schizoidia and autism
response to pathocracy as a holistic response of the human organism
the strange predictability and regularity of pathocratic processes
the development of a liberal wing in the pathocratic party
Next session we will cover the first half of Chapter 6: “Normal people under pathocratic rule.” This will cover pages 239-252, stopping on the paragraph beginning: “One of the first discoveries made…”
Half-serious meme of the day:
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