In 2015,
dissent, or disagreeing with government policies is now considered a
maladaptive behavior that could belie a mental disorder, unless you were Karl
Marx.
“Dissent is a sentiment or
philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea
(e.g., a government's policies) or an entity
(e.g., an individual or political
party which supports such policies). The term's antonyms include agreement, consensus (when all or nearly all parties agree on something) and consent, when one
party agrees to a proposition made by another.
In some political
systems, dissent may be formally expressed by way of opposition politics, while politically repressive regimes may
prohibit any form of dissent, leading to suppression of dissent and the
encouragement of social or political activism.
Individuals who do not conform or support the policies of certain states are
known as "dissidents". Several thinkers have argued that a healthy
society needs not only to protect, but also to encourage dissent.[1][2]
In a well-known letter to Arnold Ruge in 1843, Karl Marx wrote:
"if constructing the future and settling everything for all times are not
our affair, it is all the more clear what we have to accomplish at present: I
am referring to ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense
of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just
as little afraid of conflict with the powers that be".[3]
It is
clear from the above that Karl Marx didn’t care about the outcomes that
resulted from his “ruthless criticism of all that exists”. Millions perished defending their property
rights.
In the
1960s, Abnormal Psychology books included chapters on homosexuality classified
as sexual deviate behavior and gender ambivalence caused by hormone imbalance and
psychological programming resulting in neurosis. These abnormalities have since
been declared normal.
Sociopathy
was covered in the 1960s emphasizing prison inmates and serial killers and in
2015 to include wealthy investors and rulers of countries. It seems we have a
number of sociopaths running the UN.
Supportive
psychological programming could account for the increase in LGBT cases in
disturbed children and adolescents.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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