Pathocracy [View all]
“Pathocracy is a system of government in which a small pathological minority has taken control of a society of normal people. If we were going to go over again whether or not the US is one, we would definitely take in Pete Hegseth’s D-day speech, in which he equated migrants and Nazis. But this is what a pathocracy does – it constantly tests your boundaries, looking for the point at which you’ll say: ‘That is unacceptable.’ “
The above is a passage from an editorial (about the U.S. hosting the World Cup) I read on The Guardian. It’s a term I haven’t encountered before, but it surely seems applicable to our current federal “administration.” Thought you might like to know…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/09/football-world-cup-pathology-trump-regime
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