Philip Ahlrich – Pathocracy can be defined generally as a condition of government under psychopathic domination, one in which a sufficient number of psychologically defective personalities have organized to subjugate a vulnerable and passive citizenry.
Pathocratic systems are not at all uncommon in the world’s history, but it is only now that we have developed the language and the methods of analysis by which to identify them. They are known to arise from dogmatic and extreme forms of political ideology, often within well-ordered democratic systems, and evolve rapidly without correction towards hybrid forms of despotism. Continue reading
Clay Adam Ratcliff – I’ve leaned left politically my entire adult life…until recently. The nationwide riots in 2020 following George Floyd’s death, were a major turning point for me, although not the only ones. Although I felt Chauvin had acted negligently and callously, I couldn’t understand why the media insisted on injecting race into the dialogue without any reasonable basis.
A fitting tribute to a man at the pinnacle of his profession and power, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, one of the most esteemed modern conservative jurists, celebrated his 74th birthday on Thursday. His majority opinion in a significant Second Amendment case was released on the same day.
Christopher Chantrill – I’ve been wading through a lot of political word salad lately. Here’s conservative 
Pennel Bird – What if our most lamentable actions, and our most glaring hypocrisies, were reflected back to us in a way impossible to un-see? Would we grow by that? Would we learn the error of our ways? Or is it possible to be so convinced of one’s own virtue that his most loathsome trespasses become evidence of surpassing goodness in his mind — and in his tribe?