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The author argued that submitting the position for consideration shifted the responsibility to the person who had appointed the individual to dismiss them, while an irrevocable resignation implied personally assuming responsibility for the tragedy. He added that, in an emotional context, that decision could hinder what he termed political insanity. (translated)

Anna Zappa Lula Tetra said that she couldn't sleep because she was worried about the future of the country and its children, youth, and elderly. She questioned how someone who was considering voting for a candidate she described as unqualified and a militia member could sleep, eat, or look at themselves in the mirror, and attributed a kind of insanity to those irresponsible people. #Brasil #Política #Cidadania (translated)

Kellogg: “I’d burn down every one of the goddamn refineries that Russia has today, take them all out, it’s a military target. I said [to Zelenskyy], ‘Make them pay the price, take it home.’” He is saying very accurate and basic things, but compared to the insanity of the Trump administration,

Paula Schmitt wrote that the events of January 8 were almost a repetition of the Capitol, part 2. According to her, they served to threaten the opposition to Lula, expand the powers of the Supreme Court under the fear of a "legal insanity," silence critics and journalists, and use people she called political prisoners as hostages. Schmitt stated that this was not done in the service of Brazil. #Brasil #Lula #STF (translated)

You are the boss of a gang of thieves, traitors, and cowards who also bully with the commissioner’s horse, the judge in their pocket, and daddy Trump as a bodyguard. When it's your turn to go to the bench of traitors, I hope you don’t claim insanity, you lobotomized sicko. #Justicia #Corrupción #Política (translated)

🔴 Le Général De Gaulle insulté sur la radio de Matthieu Pigasse ✅ Pierre Metzger un nouveau jeune comique sexagénaire, recueilli dans une ZAD par @MPigasse, (le descendant de collaborateurs enflammés) afin de proférer des insanités antifrançaises. 🕵️ @laRadioNova - La Riposte - Animé par @AkimOmiri #DeGaulle #Comédie #Antifrançais

A Atlas Intel dando Lula com 45% e Flávio com 43% beira a insanidade! Que desgraça de gente é essa que cogita votar em um Bolsonaro mais criminoso que todos os outros? Pior, podemos ter mesmo uma definição no primeiro turno e não da pra prever nada #Eleições2024 #Política #Brasil

A @gazetadopovo é o único jornal no Brasil, entre os grandes, que pode utilizar o termo "imprensa". Jamais abriu mão de defender os direitos fundamentais dos brasileiros, diferentemente da militância de redação, que atuou como aparato de propaganda do regime, aplaudindo o mar de arbitrariedades dos últimos anos. Agora, publica um duro editorial sobre Gilmar Mendes, o "capo" do Supremo, segundo a publicação. Trecho: "E Gilmar Mendes parece entender tanto de máfia que incorporou o papel de capo do Supremo Tribunal Federal. O ministro é o decano da corte, mas se comporta como se fosse o dono do tribunal. Em público, exige que os demais ouçam calados suas insanidades e acusações, mas interrompe os colegas quando bem entende para insultá-los, como fez com Mendonça na terça-feira. Privadamente, pressiona-os para que aceitem seus ditames. “Assumam que estão ferrados e saiam dos processos. Abram as contas (...) Você tem de sair do TSE também (...) Abra as suas contas antes de julgar qualquer coisa desse caso na turma”, afirmou Gilmar a Nunes Marques no WhatsApp em 8 de setembro, mesmo dia em que o decano também disse a Luiz Fux que lhe faltou “postura institucional” – possivelmente em referência ao julgamento na Segunda Turma em que se formou maioria para manter o afastamento do diretor-geral da Polícia Federal, medida que seria revertida posteriormente. Aos amigos, o silêncio protetor; aos adversários, a intimidação. Quando diz que “até a máfia tem ética”, Gilmar Mendes não está usando uma hipérbole para criticar um comportamento que considera mais baixo que o de bandidos; ele está considerando que o código mafioso é algo digno de ser seguido. Não irá admiti-lo abertamente, é claro, mas seu comportamento o entrega. Fachin é o presidente, mas Gilmar é o capo do Supremo Tribunal Federal." Que porrada. #Imprensa #LiberdadeDeExpressao #GilmarMendes

Can You Resist Tyranny? The average person today is incapable of governing themselves, which is why so many yearn for a new “system.” They desire an external imposition of control to order their lives in a way they feel incapable of doing for themselves. Riddled with fear, they trade liberty for protection. Ideology recasts their resentment as righteousness. Loneliness drives them to find a herd to become one with. Internal chaos creates a demand for imposed order. When you tell people that the answer to collective madness is not collective action in the opposite direction, they often mistake this for rolling over and accepting defeat. But chaos does not defeat chaos. As Friedrich Nietzsche pointed out, “Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.” Think about every hero story you’ve ever admired. The hero doesn’t take to the streets and try to convince everyone of his cause. Rather, he confronts evil head-on and puts himself in the line of fire. A well-ordered individual is not harmless or ineffectual. A single competent, strong, and courageous person can carry more weight and value than a mob of NPCs. As Carl Jung said, “a million zeros do not add up to one.” Nor does being well ordered mean being harmless or indiscriminately nice. Such a person must possess strength, aggression, ambition, judgement, competitive instinct, the capacity for force, and the desire for achievement. The question is what these qualities serve. Money, power, and lust, or love, family, and God? If no strong internal ordering principle exists, a movement, leader, ideology, or State will fill the vacuum externally. No one looking for a solution to increasing social insanity can afford to overlook it. All others are contingent on it. The answer is not to dissociate from the world and simply pull yourself together. It is that a disordered individual cannot possibly bring order to his environment. By becoming a man of virtue, he can then carry that order into the roles individuals occupy: father, teacher, pastor, judge, journalist, leader, neighbour, police officer, and citizen.

The Erosion of Western Civilization’s Social Fabric It is hard to fathom how much of Western civilization’s social fabric has eroded in just a single decade. No healthy society debates whether “the system” is to blame for a child murderer’s crimes and then expresses support for the monster. Such a society certainly does not celebrate the assassinations of moderate and respectable political figures, nor does it allow repeat violent offenders back onto the streets to terrorize the general public. The best explanation I have heard for this phenomenon of macrosocial insanity is *Political Ponerology* by Andrew Lobaczewski—the study of how pathological personalities infiltrate and transform social institutions. This process does not require an entire population of psychopaths. In fact, it is often only a small minority that forms the core of the pathological movement. A relatively small party or group is led by psychopaths, who are natural experts at manipulation, deception, intimidation, and ruthlessness. The ideologues are the ones who design the system. They create abstract ideologies, often criticizing reality for falling short of their arbitrary expectations. Human beings become nothing more than nodes in a network, to be organized and managed by supposedly more intelligent minds. Then there are the spellbinders, who serve as the movement’s salespeople. They package tyranny as safety, envy as justice, and coercion as compassion. Their primary tool of persuasion is emotional alignment rather than truth or logic. These three types rely on three other groups to normalize their totalitarian system: the spellbound, adapted conformists, and bystanders. The spellbound are true believers who experience participation in the movement as a kind of moral crusade. Adapted conformists support the system because of the security, status, or comfort it provides—or because they fear ostracism. Bystanders are generally aloof and avoid conflict at all costs, believing that ignorance and cowardice will spare them.

The Individual as an Antidote to Tyranny The average person today is incapable of governing himself, which is why so many yearn for a new system. They desire external control to order their lives in ways they feel unable to manage themselves. Riddled with fear, they trade liberty for protection. Ideology recasts resentment as righteousness, while loneliness drives them to join a herd. The answer to collective madness is not collective action in the opposite direction. Chaos does not defeat chaos. As Friedrich Nietzsche observed, “Madness is something rare in individuals—but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.” Think of every hero story you admire. The hero does not retreat from danger or surrender to evil. He confronts it directly and places himself in the line of fire. A well-ordered individual is not harmless or ineffectual. One competent, strong, and courageous person can carry more weight and provide more value than a mob. As Carl Jung said, “A million zeros do not add up to one.” Being well-ordered does not mean being harmless or indiscriminately nice. It means possessing judgment, competitive instinct, the capacity for force, and a desire for achievement. The question is what those qualities serve: money, power, and lust—or love, family, and God? This kind of person is an antidote to tyranny. If no strong internal ordering principle exists, a movement, leader, ideology, or state will fill the vacuum from the outside. The well-ordered individual is not incapable of rage, vanity, resentment, cowardice, or cruelty. Awareness of these shadow aspects helps prevent ideological capture and frees him from the seductive belief that “they are evil and we are good.” Anyone seeking a solution to increasing social insanity must recognize that a disordered individual cannot bring order to his environment. By becoming a person of virtue, he can carry that order into every role he occupies—as a parent, teacher, pastor, judge, journalist, leader, neighbor, police officer, or citizen.