The FASCIST Core Of The Euro-Atlantic Regimes | Niall McLaren & Pascal Lottaz
Can we explain the relentless drive toward warfare of the Euro-Atlantic collective by way of individual psychology? Is at the core of the warmongering actually a psychological malfunction? Yes, indeed, says my guest today.
If we pare up psychiatric diagnosis with the functioning of societies, we find that in the absence of moderating domestic political mechanisms, states will tend toward fascism as those are the natural inclinations of power-seeking narcissist who will float to the top if not prevented from getting there alone.
How this impacts international relations is our topic of today. Dr. McLaren wrote—among other works—the insightful book “Narcisso-Fascism: The psychopathology of right-wing extremism”, in which he explores in great detail the connection between pathological narcissism, fascism as a societal phenomenon and the role of dominance in state systems.
Don’t know if other cultures work the same. Maybe seems to be typical “western mindset”. All men are not created equal, western is not universal. After 5 centuries ‘domination’ maybe we can finally be liberated from that universalism. Gaining traction; civilisations centres, pluriformity, diversity, multinodal world. If (Niall) centres on… Read more »
Well, he defines his target market as Euro-Atlantic and I don’t know about other cultures. Yes, one sees what you are looking for, but he was not too bad and I’m fussy .. Only psychiatrist that I ever liked was Thomas Stazz.
Thomas Szasz? I wish people like him were addressing this so-called “Autism” “epidemic.” Bob Wright, per wikiliar, who has a grandson who “is autistic” became presient and CEO of NBC in 1986 and launched CNBC in 1989 and with his wife launched Neurotypicals Blabber Autism Speaks in 2005. After Suzzane… Read more »
Most today subscribe to the Eugenics-Quackery Model.
About three minutes in and he mentions that the professors who taught him pyschiatry do not have a theory of mind.