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between the two above-mentioned relationships. Pathocrats

know that their real ideology is derived from their deviant na-

tures, and treat the “other” – the masking ideology - with

barely concealed contempt. And the common people eventually

begin to perceive this as noted above.

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Thus, a well-developed pathocratic system no longer has a

clear and direct relationship to its original ideology, which it

only keeps as its primary, traditional tool for action and mask-

ing. For practical purposes of pathocratic expansion, other ide-

ologies may be useful, even if they contradict the main one and

heap moral denunciation upon it. However, these other ideolo-

gies must be used with care, refraining from official acknow-

ledgement within environments wherein the original ideology

can be made to appear too foreign, discredited, and useless.

The main ideology succumbs to symptomatic deformation,

in keeping with the characteristic style of this very disease and

with what has already been stated about the matter. The names

and official contents are kept, but another, completely different

content is insinuated underneath, thus giving rise to the well

known double talk phenomenon within which the same names

have two meanings: one for initiates, one for everyone else.

The latter is derived from the original ideology; the former has

a specifically pathocratic meaning, something which is known

not only to the pathocrats themselves, but also is learned by

those people living under long-term subjection to their rule.

Doubletalk is only one of many symptoms. Others are the

specific facility for producing new names which have sugges-

tive effects and are accepted virtually uncritically, in particular

outside the immediate scope of such a system’s rule.96 We must

thus point out the paramoralistic character and paranoidal

qualities frequently contained within these names. The action

of paralogisms and paramoralisms in this deformed ideology

becomes comprehensible to us based on the information pre-

sented in Chapter IV. Anything which threatens pathocratic

rule becomes deeply immoral. 97This also applies to the concept

of forgiving the pathocrats themselves; it is extremely danger-

ous and thus “immoral”.

We thus have the right to invent appropriate names which

would indicate the nature of the phenomena as accurately as

96 “Extraordinary rendition” as the nomenclature for illegally transporting

prisoners to countries where torture is practiced comes immediately to mind

as an example. [Editor’s note.]

97 Example: “You are with us, or you are against us.” And being “against us”

means that “you are a terrorist” and thus, immoral. [Editor’s note.]

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possible, in keeping with our recognition and respect for the

laws of the scientific methodology and semantics. Such accu-

rate terms will also serve to protect our minds from the sugges-

tive effects of those other names and paralogisms, including the

pathological material the latter contain.

The Expansion of the Pathocracy

The world’s tendency to fasten its gaze adoringly upon its

rulers has a long tradition dating back to the times when sover-

eigns could virtually ignore their subjects’ opinions. However,

rulers have always been dependent upon the social and eco-

nomic situation in their country, even long ago, and even in

pathocratic systems, and the influence of various social groups

has reached their thrones by various means.

Much too common is the pattern of error which reasons that

purportedly autocratic leaders of countries affected by this

pathocracy actually possess decision-making powers in areas

which they in fact do not. Millions of people, including minis-

ters and members of parliaments, ponder the dilemma of

whether such a ruler could not, under certain circumstances,

modify his convictions somewhat and relinquish his dreams of

conquering the world; they continue hope that this will be the

eventual outcome.98 People with personal experience in such a

system may attempt to persuade them that their dreams, al-

though decent, lack a foundation in reality, but at the same time

they sense a lack of concrete arguments on their part. Such an

explanation is in fact impossible within the realm of the natural

language of psychological concepts; only an objective compre-

hension of the historical phenomenon and its essentially devi-

ant nature permits light to be shed upon the causes of the per-

ennial deceitfulness of this macrosocial pathological phenome-

non.

98 This is especially true in the present day when the leaders and parliaments

of many other countries, unhappy with the Bush Neocon administration,

think that diplomacy or new elections in the U.S. will “set things right”. They

do not understand the full nature of Pathocracy and that the psychopaths in

the shadows of this phenomenon will never relinquish control without blood-

shed. [Editor’s note.]

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The actions of this phenomenon affect an entire society,

starting with the leaders and infiltrating every village, small

town, factory, business, or farm. The pathological social struc-

ture gradually covers the entire country, creating a “new class”

within that nation. This privileged class of deviants feels per-

manently threatened by the “others”, i.e. by the majority of

normal people. Neither do the pathocrats entertain any illu-

sions about their personal fate should there be a return to the

system of normal man.

A normal person deprived of privilege or high position will

go about finding and performing some work which will earn

him a living; but pathocrats never possessed any solid practical

talent, and the time frame of their rule eliminates any residual

possibilities of adapting to the demands of normal work. If the

laws of normal man were to be reinstated, they and theirs could

be subjected to judgment, including a moralizing interpretation

of their psychological deviations; they would be threatened by

a loss of freedom and life, not merely a loss of position and

privilege. Since they are incapable of this kind of sacrifice, the

survival of a system which is the best for them becomes a

moral imperative. Such a threat must be battled by means of

any and all psychological and political cunning implemented

with a lack of scruples with regard to those other “inferior-

quality” people that can be shocking in its depravity.99

In general, this new class is in the position to purge its lead-

ers should their behavior jeopardize the existence of such a

system. This could occur particularly if the leadership wished

to go too far in compromising with the society of normal peo-

ple, since their qualifications make them essential for produc-

tion. The latter is more a direct threat to the lower echelons of

the pathocratic elite than to the leaders.

Pathocracy survives thanks to the feeling of being threat-

ened by the society of normal people, as well as by other coun-

tries wherein various forms of the system of normal man per-

sist. For the rulers, staying on the top is therefore the classic

problem of “to be or not to be”.

99 This should be kept firmly in mind by those who think that getting rid of

George W. Bush and the Neocons will change anything. [Editor’s note.]

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We can thus formulate a more cautious question: can such a

system ever waive territorial and political expansion abroad

and settle for its present possessions? What would happen if

such a state of affairs ensured internal peace, corresponding

order, and relative prosperity within the nation? The over-

whelming majority of the country’s population would then

make skillful use of all the emerging possibilities, taking ad-

vantage of their superior qualifications in order to fight for an

ever-increasing scope of activities; thanks to their higher birth

rate, their power will increase. This majority will be joined by

some sons from the privileged class who did not inherit the

pathological genes. The pathocracy’s dominance will weaken

imperceptibly but steadily, finally leading to a situation

wherein the society of normal people reaches for power. This is

a nightmare vision to the psychopaths.

Thus, the biological, psychological, moral, and economic

destruction of the majority of normal people becomes, for the

pathocrats, a “biological” necessity. Many means serve this

end, starting with concentration camps and including warfare

with an obstinate, well-armed foe who will devastate and de-

bilitate the human power thrown at him, namely the very power

jeopardizing pathocrats rule: the sons of normal man sent out to

fight for an illusionary “noble cause.” Once safely dead, the

soldiers will then be decreed heroes to be revered in paeans,

useful for raising a new generation faithful to the pathocracy

and ever willing to go to their deaths to protect it.

Any war waged by a pathocratic nation has two fronts, the

internal and the external. The internal front is more important

for the leaders and the governing elite, and the internal threat is

the deciding factor where unleashing war is concerned. In pon-

dering whether to start a war against the pathocratic country,

other nations must therefore give primary consideration to the

fact that such a war can be used as an executioner of the com-

mon people whose increasing power represents incipient jeop-

ardy for the pathocracy. After all, pathocrats give short shrift to

blood and suffering of people they consider to be not quite

conspecific. Kings may have suffered due to the death of their

knights, but pathocrats never do: “We have a lot of people

here.” Should the situation be, or become, ripe in such a coun-

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try, however, anyone furnishing assistance to the nation will be

blessed by it; anyone withholding it will be cursed.

Pathocracy has other internal reasons for pursuing expan-

sionism through the use of all means possible. As long as that

“other” world governed by the systems of normal man exists, it

inducts into the non-pathological majority a certain sense of

direction. The non-pathological majority of the country’s popu-

lation will never stop dreaming of the reinstatement of the

normal man’s system in any possible form. This majority will

never stop watching other countries, waiting for the opportune

moment; its attention and power must therefore be distracted

from this purpose, and the masses must be “educated” and

channeled in the direction of imperialist strivings. This goal

must be pursued doggedly so that everyone knows what is be-

ing fought for and in whose name harsh discipline and poverty

must be endured. The latter factor – creating conditions of pov-

erty and hardship - effectively limits the possibility of “subver-

sive” activities on the part of the society of normal people.

The ideology must, of course, furnish a corresponding justi-

fication for this alleged right to conquer the world and must

therefore be properly elaborated. Expansionism is derived from

the very nature of pathocracy, not from ideology, but this fact

must be masked by ideology.100 Whenever this phenomenon

has been witnessed in history, imperialism was always its most

demonstrative quality.

On the other hand, there are countries with normal man’s

governments wherein the overwhelming majority of societies

shudders to think a similar system could be imposed on them.

The governments of such nations thereupon do everything they

can within the framework of their possibilities and their under-

standing of the phenomenon in order to contain its expansion.

The citizens of those countries would sigh with relief if some

upheaval were to replace this malevolent and incomprehensible

system with a more human, more easily understood, govern-

mental method with whom peaceful coexistence would be pos-

sible.

100 Example: the events of September 11, 2001, undoubtedly manufactured

by the Pathocracy. [Editor’s note.]

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Such countries thus undertake various means of action for

this purpose, their quality depending on the possibility of un-

derstanding that other reality. Such efforts resonate within the

country, and the military power of normal man’s countries

limits the pathocracy’s possibilities of armed maneuvers.

Weakening those countries that could possibly stand against

the pathocracy, especially by utilizing the response pathocracy

awakens in some of their deviant citizens, again becomes a

matter of the pathocracy’s survival.

Economic factors constitute a non-negligible part of the mo-

tivation for this expansionist tendency. Since the managerial

functions have been taken over by individuals with mediocre

intelligence and pathological character traits, the pathocracy

becomes incapable of properly administering anything at all.

The area suffering most severely must always be whichever

one requires a person to act independently, not wasting time

searching for the proper way to behave. Agriculture is depend-