In this session we covered the first two sections of Chapter 9 (“Therapy for the World”). This included the opening pages and “Truth is a healer.” Specific topics:
like untreatable disease of the past, pathocracy can be cured with modern knowledge
how modern sociopolitical forms leave open a gap in which pathocracy grows
the sorry state of modern prisons and sentencing
response to pathocracy will require self-sacrifice on the part of societies
psychotherapy, like ponerogenesis, scales – the same techniques work on large populations
morality alone is necessary but insufficient; it needs to be supplemented with ponerology
effective world therapy will require offensive and defensive operations
reforms will not be possible in this period of polarization; they will require the unification of a constructive phase in the secular cycle
should psychopaths be screened out from having children?
the purpose of therapy: bringing to consciousness uncomfortable truths and repressed material
the roadblocks to therapy in pathocratic countries vs. normal countries
the limits of therapy on psychopaths
and more
Next week we will cover the rest of Chapter 9, starting with section “Forgiveness.” The meeting is set for Saturday, April 13, at 12:30 pm EDT (9:30 am PDT).
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