Born to be Evil
By Bret Burquest
Some people believe that the
struggle between good and evil is nothing more than a struggle between
knowledge and ignorance, and that good will always prevail because everyone is
basically decent and all it takes to overcome the wickedness within them is to
somehow educate them about the wrongness of their ways.
While we assume everyone has a
conscience restraining them from evil, studies by Harvard psychologist Martha
Stout, Ph.D., reveal that about four percent of the population has a sociopathic personality disorder.
In other words, one out of every
25 people is a psychopath – a person with no sense of concern for the
well-being of others and no feelings of remorse, regardless of what sort of
harmful or immoral action they undertake.
A psychopath is able to lie,
steal, cheat and kill with no feelings of sorrow or regret. Sometimes their
only motive is the thrill of inflicting pain. This gives the psychopath a
competitive advantage over a normal person.
The high incidence of psychopath
dysfunction has a profound disturbing effect on the rest of human society.
Violent psychopaths (batterers,
child predators, rapists, murderers, serial killers, etc.) are easy to
identify. Prisons are overpopulated with them. Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, the BTK Killer, the Green River Killer, the Boston
Strangler, etc. were all serial killers who had no personal moral qualms about
their actions.
However, there are also many
psychopaths who are outwardly acceptable, intelligent and skillful at blending
into ordinary society. These are the dangerous ones who are able to deceive and
negatively influence others.
Political Ponerology,
a term introduced by psychologist Andrew M Lobaczewski,
Ph.D., is the science of the nature of evil for political purposes. This occurs
when socially accepted psychopaths attain political leverage.
The only difference between an
ordinary psychopath (a violent, impulsive bully with no conscience) and a
socially accepted psychopath is social status, intellect, ambition and being in
the right place at the right time.
Basically, successful (socially
accepted) psychopathic individuals move into positions of power (in politics,
business, military, etc.) and link up with others of similar ilk to form
cohesive internal structures that have the ability to take over entire
movements. They often rise to the top through cunning, deception and
ruthlessness.
Psychopathic leaders spin their
version of the truth (especially when they control the media) while distorting reality.
Eager to please, people tend to be blindly loyal to their leaders and go along
with the crowd. This leads to a "my country right or wrong" attitude
where decent people perpetuate the evil of their psychopathic masters.
Hitler and the Nazis were a prime
example of Political Ponerology. They introduced a
scientific methodology (psychological propaganda) in
Stalin (a psychopath) killed millions, Saddam Hussein (a psychopath) killed hundreds of
thousands, etc.
Clearly, negotiating with a
psychopath legitimizes the psychopath and furthers his stronghold over his
people.
Appeasement doesn't work on a
person without a conscience. All the energy spent by naive peace protestors is
for naught. You can love your enemy all you want but if your enemy is incapable
of love he will destroy you.
"An appeaser is one who feeds
a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." Winston Churchill
The world is a cruel, violent
place. Studies have determined the origin of evil is genetic. A small
percentage of people are born without a conscience (psychopathic) and have a
predisposition to commit evil acts on others.
This notion is difficult to
accept. Ordinary people prefer to believe everyone on this planet would act as
they would act. But ordinary people must contend with pure evil somewhere on
this planet every day. It won't go away.
Evil people dwell among us.
They enjoy inflicting pain on the
rest of the world and are incapable of change.
Some of them rise to the top and
gain control.
It's our duty to recognize them
and deal with them properly.
Life is simple. You just need to
think for yourself, be kind to others, bathe regularly and oppose evil.
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Bret Burquest is an award-winning columnist and author of four
novels. Contact bret@centurytel.net
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