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Tag: Psychopathy

  • Mission Creep: How the Police State Acclimates Us to Being Modern-Day Slaves

    Mission Creep: How the Police State Acclimates Us to Being Modern-Day Slaves

    Like the proverbial boiling frogs, the government has been gradually acclimating us to the specter of a police state for years now: Militarized police. Riot squads. Camouflage gear. Black uniforms. Armored vehicles. Mass arrests. Pepper spray. Tear gas. Batons. Strip searches. Surveillance cameras. Kevlar vests. Drones. Lethal weapons. Less-than-lethal weapons unleashed with deadly force. Rubber bullets. Water cannons. Stun grenades. […]

  • Criminality in the White House: The Rise of the Political Psychopath

    Criminality in the White House: The Rise of the Political Psychopath

    When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal. — Richard Nixon Many years ago, a newspaper headline asked the question: “What’s the difference between a politician and a psychopath?” The answer, then and now, remains the same: None. There is no difference between psychopaths and politicians. Nor is there much of […]

  • Authoritarian Sadism in U.S. “Foreign Policy” (Part 2)

    In the first part of this paper, Authoritarian Sadism in U.S. “Foreign Policy” (Part 1), Dissident Voice, July 25, 2023, I introduced some psychoanalytic concepts and explained their application in revealing the latent motivations of high-ranking policy-makers in recent U.S. presidential administrations.  This approach was long ago studied by the eminent political scientist Harold Lasswell, […]

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