Paul on Nostr: Thank you for this interesting interview. In my opinion I think Mattias is missing ...
Thank you for this interesting interview.
In my opinion I think Mattias is missing something fundamental in his book.
Matthias in his book says that :
“Other misconceptions are that the leaders are primarily driven by money (i.e., “follow the money” and “cui bono”) or sadistic pleasure (i.e., they have a psychopathic or perverted personality).”
I disagree with this . All totalitarian states (probably all states) are led by psychopaths . The point is that in order to reach their positions they have to be exceptionally good as disguising it. It is true that they justify their actions with ideology but that is just a tool for them. He misunderstands psychopathy ;very few of them are sadists ;it’s just that they have absolutely no conscience or concern for anyone other than themselves .Discussing totalitarianism without a full discussion of psycopathy is like discussing economics without reference to how money is created out of thin air when banks make loans.
This is discussed in this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Political-Ponerology-Science-Psychopathy-Totalitarianism/dp/1734907452
In my opinion I think Mattias is missing something fundamental in his book.
Matthias in his book says that :
“Other misconceptions are that the leaders are primarily driven by money (i.e., “follow the money” and “cui bono”) or sadistic pleasure (i.e., they have a psychopathic or perverted personality).”
I disagree with this . All totalitarian states (probably all states) are led by psychopaths . The point is that in order to reach their positions they have to be exceptionally good as disguising it. It is true that they justify their actions with ideology but that is just a tool for them. He misunderstands psychopathy ;very few of them are sadists ;it’s just that they have absolutely no conscience or concern for anyone other than themselves .Discussing totalitarianism without a full discussion of psycopathy is like discussing economics without reference to how money is created out of thin air when banks make loans.
This is discussed in this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Political-Ponerology-Science-Psychopathy-Totalitarianism/dp/1734907452