Phillip Long, MD, on World Leaders

[Approaching Infinity]

I found a link here (_http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-pe01.html) to a powerpoint presentation by Dr. Phillip Long called "World Leaders Gone Bad" (_http://www.mentalhealth.com/World%20Leaders%20Gone%20Bad.pps). While he doesn't talk about psychopath per se he very simply states that all tyrants show the essential traits of paranoid/narcissistic/antisocial personality disorders and gives examples. He is obviously critical of the US Bush regime, so his analysis isn't just anti-communist propaganda.

Individuals with Paranoid Personality Disorder become trapped in a vicious cycle:

Feeling victimized by an “enemy” leads to …

Wanting revenge against the “enemy” which leads to …

A preemptive attack against the “enemy” which leads to …

A defensive counter-attack from the “enemy” which leads to …

Feeling more victimized (which further escalates this vicious cycle)

World leaders with severe Personality Disorders are incapable of maintaining a world of mutual trust and respect. Instead, they create a world of fear and hate.

These leaders are:
Paranoid: they tell us that we are the victims of a global menace; hence must go to war to fight on the side of God/good vs. Satan/evil
Narcissistic: they tell us that our way of life is far superior to our enemies, and that we should occupy their land
Antisocial: they tell us that war, even preemptive war, is unavoidable and necessary/

 

[Buddy]

I suppose it could be a good thing - Long's willingness to direct some unapproving attention towards unreferenced "world leaders". Maybe the main value of that lies in exposing a web visitor, for the first time, to the idea of personality disorders in "world leaders". I guess any little bit of exposure of information like this to the general public can't hurt.

I did note that I had an interesting reaction to the online diagnostic programs and the fact that the results are stored in a database for automatic statistical analysis.

What struck me most was the idea of PTB snoops finding a use for that info as well as the associated isp tracking info. ...or does that just sound like paranoia...? :)


This is a bit off topic compared to the point of your post, but I just had to mention that I was flabbergasted by their A to Z meds listing! There must be about 300 different ones!