Ponerology, introduced by Polish psychiatrist Andrzej Łobaczewski, is the study of how evil infiltrates and corrupts political systems. It explains how individuals with psychopathic or narcissistic traits rise to power, manipulate ideologies, and exploit societal weaknesses to establish oppressive regimes. Łobaczewski’s work, Political Ponerology, argues that these pathological leaders create systems that thrive on deception, control, and the suppression of ethical governance. The concept helps explain how totalitarian regimes are formed and sustained by a network of individuals who, driven by personal pathology, erode the moral and social fabric of society.
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I'm glad that there's a political ideology or pathology that identifies the kind of people that I don't want to be around including members of my own family. When this is over and people find out I still won't let them get too close to me. Not from vengeance, but from personal psychological hygiene.
Yeah, I have a couple of toxic family members like that too. My wife and I try to be civil to them, and we don't talk politics around them, but she reads me their FB posts. I can never respect stupidity and willful ignorance.
I relate perfectly.