Has the American Ruling Class Gone Mad?

Writer Harrison Koehli speaks with Lee Smith about a controversial book on psychopathy and politics that shows how mental illness is at the root of totalitarian regimes, like Mao’s China. Is a similar pathology afflicting our own elite?

Koehli discusses 2007 classic by Polish psychiatrist Andrew Łobaczewski
5:03 Łobaczewski saw connection between psychopathy and totalitarianism
10:13 Łobaczewski applied psychiatry to explain Soviet communism.
Psychopaths commonly hold power in totalitarian regimes
“Magnetic force” draws some toward a pathological elite
Despite talent to manipulate others, psychopaths have below average intelligence
Ideological groups becomes more pathological over time
Ideology influences institutions like universities, schools, and corporations.
40:05 Łobaczewski’s work illuminates current political landscape.

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