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| Multiple studies show that politicians are more likely than the general population to be psychopaths. |
Ponerology is a branch of science based in psychology, biology and the social sciences. Born in the very setting which it studies, Political Ponerology, A Science of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes was named by the brilliant psychologist, Andrej Lobaczewski. Secretly networking with colleagues in several Nazi and Soviet occupied countries during and after the Second World War, their research bore tremendously valuable fruit that both re-conceptualises and reinforces our understanding of the 'causal factors and processes of the genesis of moral and psycho-biological evil. Though Lobaczewski's research may be the most memorable and groundbreaking, there have been many other studies. For example, the researchers at Emory University in Atlanta recently found that politicians are more likely than people in the general population to be sociopaths and/or psychopaths. In fact, the fearless dominance associated with psychopathy may predict presidential and overall leadership performance.
