The ASPD diagnosis exists purely to pathologize an individual resistance to oppression
The ASPD diagnosis exists purely to pathologize an individual resistance to oppression
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You don't even need to "incite violence".
Do you know the story of Wally Hope? He was a hippie in the uk organizing sit-ins. They took him, filled him with enough meds for an elephant drugden, when he came out he could barely walk and couldn't talk. He commited suicide a month later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Hope
Smash the state
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Arson?
Everything in the DSM is made up labels for behaviours that are culturally contingent. Some of them are no doubt useful, they help people cope, get accommodations, get access to support.
But in many cases, the result is the pathologisation of normal behaviours, see diagnosing someone with Reactive Depressive Disorder for being sad their partner died, like it’s not a “disorder”, it’s just a normal reaction. And psychologisation of physical conditions where we currently don’t understand the underlying biology (so medicine doesn’t take it seriously), see Major Depressive Disorder.