The Left's War on Reality
National bestselling author Michael Shellenberger asks: Have we created a system that incentivizes delivering power and attention to the mentally ill?
Bestselling author Michael Shellenberger looks at how our therapeutic culture is causing real world harm in the name of healing psychological trauma.Pathocracy exposes the grim reality that many of today's elite decisions—from promoting drug use to endorsing mass migration—stem not from benevolence but from a desire for status and power, wrapped in the guise of care. Michael Shellenberger, author of Apocalypse Never, teams up with researcher Alex Gutentag to reveal how these actions are not just misguided, but they also actively undermine the foundations of civilization, including child protection, merit-based systems, and law and order.Evidence abounds: the fires in LA, which were exacerbated by policies rooted in ideological incompetence; the gender medicine scandal, where treatments have been more about affirming identities than healing; and the catastrophic approach to public health during the Covid-19 crisis, driven by a fear-based narrative rather than science. If these trends continue unchecked, we risk a society where personal freedoms, societal cohesion, and the very essence of Western culture are lost to nihilistic pursuits.This anti-human nihilism is driving elites subvert civilization. The good news is that they also subvert and destroy themselves. The antidote is near the poison. The solution to anti-human, anti-civilization, and anti-American elites is to be pro-human, pro-civilization, and pro-American. From there, we can defend and restore the pillars of American and Western civilization.Pathocracy’s urgent call to action challenges readers to reconsider the personality disorders behind the “saviors” at the helm of our institutions, urging a return to principles that value human dignity, truth, and the worth of civilization.
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National bestselling author Michael Shellenberger asks: Have we created a system that incentivizes delivering power and attention to the mentally ill?
Bestselling author Michael Shellenberger looks at how our therapeutic culture is causing real world harm in the name of healing psychological trauma.Pathocracy exposes the grim reality that many of today's elite decisions—from promoting drug use to endorsing mass migration—stem not from benevolence but from a desire for status and power, wrapped in the guise of care. Michael Shellenberger, author of Apocalypse Never, teams up with researcher Alex Gutentag to reveal how these actions are not just misguided, but they also actively undermine the foundations of civilization, including child protection, merit-based systems, and law and order.Evidence abounds: the fires in LA, which were exacerbated by policies rooted in ideological incompetence; the gender medicine scandal, where treatments have been more about affirming identities than healing; and the catastrophic approach to public health during the Covid-19 crisis, driven by a fear-based narrative rather than science. If these trends continue unchecked, we risk a society where personal freedoms, societal cohesion, and the very essence of Western culture are lost to nihilistic pursuits.This anti-human nihilism is driving elites subvert civilization. The good news is that they also subvert and destroy themselves. The antidote is near the poison. The solution to anti-human, anti-civilization, and anti-American elites is to be pro-human, pro-civilization, and pro-American. From there, we can defend and restore the pillars of American and Western civilization.Pathocracy’s urgent call to action challenges readers to reconsider the personality disorders behind the “saviors” at the helm of our institutions, urging a return to principles that value human dignity, truth, and the worth of civilization.
