Category: Pathocracy
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The Logic of Utility In a world increasingly shaped by metrics, commodification, and performance, human relationships have been increasingly reduced to transactions. Children earn love by obedience. Workers prove value through productivity. Romantic partners perform roles in exchange for security, sex, or emotional labor. This cultural infection, rooted in shareholder capitalism and reinforced by institutions,…
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Shareholder vs. Stakeholder Capitalism: How Pathocracy Infects Systems from Small Business to Hollywood For decades, capitalism has been defined and defended through the lens of Milton Friedman’s 1970 declaration: “The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits.” This model, shareholder capitalism, places the financial interests of investors above all else. In doing so,…
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When institutions break down, people adapt. When systems become corrupted by pathocratic forces, structures of power that reward cruelty, suppress empathy, and manipulate narratives to serve domination over well-being, the individuals inside those systems often must develop traits, behaviors, or coping mechanisms that reflect their environment. This is where we begin to understand the emergence…
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Introduction It is tempting, especially in today’s climate, to declare institutions as irrevocably broken. We live in a cultural moment where cynicism and distrust have become default responses to authority. Governments are dismissed as corrupt. Schools are seen as indoctrination centers. Religious organizations are accused of hypocrisy. Political parties, healthcare systems, media outlets, and even…