Thread by @PaulHRosenberg

Why impeachment *doesn't* need to get rid of Trump directly, it needs to uproot out the whole sick system he's advanced--what's known as a #Pathocracy--as @disorderedworld & @yourauntemma explain: 1/15
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What is #Pathocracy? @disorderedworld explains: "a process whereby society comes to be dominated by pathological individuals and groups." Plus, how impeachment highlights the problem: 2/15

The narcissistic leader's hold on his followers is incredibly powerful, "The greater their narcissistic injury, the more grandiose a leader they require to repair it," @yourauntemma explans: 3/15

But other disordered individuals in the #Pathocracy (or even those just "going along") are weaker links, better to go after. Senators absolving Trump, for example: 4/15

In short, "By expanding our thinking to challenge the pathocracy wherever vulnerable, we create more opportunities to defeat it": 5/15

Here's @disorderedworld on how GOP & the Trump administration have changed since Trump's election: 6/15

.@yourauntemma calls this "a natural development once a disordered leader is elected," and adds: 7/15

#Pathocracy emerges from unhealthy, if not unbearable preconditions. @disorderedworld points to the great financial crisis & the failure to respond in an economically just way: 8/15

.@yourauntemma speaks to the broader dysfunctional value system & attitudes implicated in the failures @disorderedworld identified: 9/15

Those preconditions have gone away with Trump--he's only worsened them. So hope for a "return to normal" is futile, at best: 10/15

I asked about examples of #Pathocracy abroad, and @disorderedworld talked about Eastern Europe under Stalin: 11/15

Trump's pardoning of war criminals is also typical, @yourauntemma noted: 12/15

All this is happening right in front of us, while the press utterly fails to report what's actually going on. @disorderedworld cites "four unpleaasant facts" they can't accept: 13/15

And for all the political upset, Americans seem passive, compared to the massive pro-democracy movement elsewhere around the globe, @disorderedworld points out--a benchmark we should all keep in mind: 14/15

This is a taste of the argument for why impeachment needs to be about much more than just getting rid of Trump. It needs to be a turning point in the fight to save America from #Pathocracy. Read the whole story here: 15/15
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