For the salacious satiation of self-gratification, the pathological fixation for fame and fortune, power and control, domination and oppression, small factions desire the subjugation of others. Criminality in the pursuit of materiality expresses the complicity of collusions across mainstream American society. As such, “pathology” is used here to infer the “pseudoscience” of philosophical endeavors relative to the criminological study of human behavior.  The reference leans toward the non-science of that which is “anti-social”, unhealthy and illicit with regard to lawful social interactions. There is no intent herein to use “pathology” in a medical sense, which might invite scientific applications. Furthermore, the contention of this discourse is that the “social studies” realm (criminology, psychology, sociology and theology) represents fields of inquiry that are not matters of science. Rather, these various schools of thought are philosophical adventures in the exploration of human thinking and subsequent behaviors.

     In this regard, scientific validation remains elusive at present, when attempting to discover the scope and capacity of human potentialities. As to pathological behaviors, particularly those of tortuous and destructive intentions, the philosophical basis, that is, the investigative perspective, is more of necessity than previous efforts to substantiate any scientific basis. Human thinking and the actions that follow are productions of individual ideation beyond the quantification of external analysis. Simply stated, as pointed out by more than one scientific researcher, the so-called human “mind” is not subject to a templated formula. Although, in the social mainstream, many attempts assume the fallacies of “one size fits all”, the diversity of humankind poses opposition. As one does not live by the materiality of his or her own thievery, the essentiality of malevolent mindfulness conjures the precursors to unfolding wickedness of self-gratification. Yet, in the western realms of material enrichment, the gluttony knows few limits.

     Of the classical view in terms of criminological endeavors, everyone enjoys the vanity of their own misconceptions. At each stratum, communal collusions regress around the conformity of elitist contrivances. As to the notion of elite, or being elite, the transgression of such a term depends on the context of intentional perpetrations. Whether exclusive, discriminatory or selective, as intended in this discussion, the notion is one of non-complimentary expression. More so, the usage follows the path of directing attention toward those not prone to prosocial endeavors. For a select few, the suggestion is that some scheme to take severe advantage of others.

     Against the backdrop of primordial efforts to exist, in the experience of surviving over a lifetime, the struggle contends with all manner of opposition. Of that, some, the elect or select few, by whatever contrivance promoted them, indulge themselves in the self-glorification of power, control and domination over others. In front of the social media “camera lens”, or behind the scenes in the shadows of drawn curtains, the self-appointed elitist imagines the divine potency of his or her garden of Edenic creation. As the Frankenstein monster is unleashed, all is well until the killings start. Whether by tortuous psycho-physical destruction, or by psycho-subservience to illicit ideologies, like gluttonous consumption and material acquisition, the “power elite” attempt to function in many venues of interpersonal interactivity. With every attempt to make his or her world conform to the mirrored reflection of malformed malevolence, the impotent fixation foments counterproductive consequences. Cowardice expresses a diversity of intentions.

     While tyrants of every description and each station of social interaction bully their particular environments, a lot of others struggle to confront the exhibition of their liberation. For those who resist, the exceptionality of non-conformity invites vicious recriminations. From cowardly acts of back stabbing infantile treachery, to unlawful surreptitious techno-manipulations, unevolved cowards perpetrate harmful inflictions. The individuality of freedom hangs in the balance and time runs out. Enslavement of one form or another bears illegitimate witness to the desperation of salacious acquiescence. From the realm of the “social studies arena”, or sometimes, the human circus of human behavioral analysis, the classical school of criminology asserts the philosophical framework of willful instigations on the part of the criminal performer. No excuses, no alibis and no defenses mitigate the responsibility, as well as subsequent accountability, for any and all actions that harm others. It is a matter of free will extending from intentional ideations.

     Furthermore, justifications are rendered null and void by the intentionality of malice aforethought, premeditation and willfully purposeful contrivances. Again, as one thinks, or otherwise creates thoughts, the source of which no one really knows, ideated manifestations are the “smoking gun” of eventual application in physical reality. Behavioral inflictions of one sort or another are directionally calculated. The psycho-dynamics of premeditated perpetrations are no doubt complex and not easily quantified, but remain philosophically socially essential. From willful intent to gainful acquisition, for the satiation of psychic attribution, or sense of self-gratification, the calculation of gain minus risk attributes to a game of interpersonal competition. For those of an unevolving nature, refusing to self-evolve, the pathology is dangerous.

     Self-differentiation toward personal transformation in mature more enlightened perspectives in life’s journey are purposely avoided by most people. This is an important elemental factor in criminology. That is to say, that among criminals, and potential criminals, or the criminals yet to be exposed, a profound and selfish sense of infantile narcissism is pervasive. Additionally, among decision makers, policy formulators, and information purveyors, a higher intellectual capacity for settled and well-developed worldly sageness is woefully deficient. Most are children who have not grown up yet, but occupy an adult body. They are in every aspect of the social mainstream, especially among the tenured ranks of academia. As adult children, they are struggling to grow up, and gain an extensive perspective of wiser transformational perceptions. From politicians, to infotainment pundits, and preachers of one ideology or another, many refuse the laborious rigors of extraordinary experiential ascension. The vast majority are selfishly fixated.

     The echo of evolved ascendancy, beyond egoistic neediness, fades in the mirrored reflection of necessary repudiation for personal glorification. In the alleged hallowed halls of academia for example, one can be gifted in exposition of a particular domain, or school of thought. By contrast, outside that small dominion of personal self-righteous afflictions, he or she can be exceptionally stupid, inept and incompetent. This is particularly evident among those who pontificate or otherwise proselytize from a theoretical framework absent real world experiences. Insulated from the harsh realities of worldly degradations, pains, sufferings and tortuous encounters, most alleged “experts” lack the expertise to say something meaningful. The non-practitioners are dangerous to others in that they lack the insightful perspectives of those who endure the horrors. As such, those who formulate speech, to speak about things they cannot possibly understand, like “news reporters”, movie celebrities, or most politicians, regurgitate foolish superficialities.

     As to the classical view of criminological viewpoints, these purposeful premeditations spread across the social mainstream. People who have influence at one level or another ought to know better, but do not insist upon being credible and authentic. It is hard work, psychically demanding and physically exhausting to be a well-differentiated presence, transforming in maturity and wisdom. Premeditated purposes reach for a range of objectives depending upon “skill sets”, or abilities of one sort or another. Whether corporate intrigue for “world domination”, collegiate dishonesty for tenured ranking, or political inheritance from family influence, the pathology of elitist materiality remains expansive in scope, intent and conniving ability of skillset. Immature selfishness is a strong energetic element, in the childishness of materialistic ventures.

     As an inquisitor may assert the fortitude of independence, in claiming the greater understanding of evil intentions, he or she may conclude that many prefer social enslavement. By willful acquiescence to contrived consensus for excessive materiality, exploitation of resources and subjugation to deceptive doctrines, etc., the multitudes savor the servitude of their oppression. For the crusader, mentor, or supporter of one aspect or another, treachery is ever-present. Often, so it seems, the more one reaches out with seemingly good intentions, the greater the potential that others will not respond in similar respects. Vanity looms high and reaches far as devolution contends with intelligent maturation for the sake of selfish aggrandizement. By perpetration of intentional and selective constraints, the contrived consensus, or manufactured consent, is powerfully thrust upon the senses incessantly, day by day, and in every possible way.

     Overkill, massive bombardment and egregious mass marketing of every possible commodity, human, naturally occurring or manmade, the salacious “masturbatory” jacking of the social mainstreams perpetrates illusions of things better than they are. Violating sensory boundaries at every opportunity, the oligarchs of every institutional bastion, argue their oppressive inflictions by justification of their self-serving ideologies. As one American poet argued, the one who can ensure his or her own “independence of solitude”, in the midst of noisy crowded consensus, is an expression of unique self-reliance. With that, the rebelliousness of individuality threatens the pathological perpetrations of elitist materiality. As everyone wants others to be like him or her, danger creeps from the realms of shadowy selfishness when bravery resists collective intolerance. Among those of powerful influences, criminality hides behind clever and cunning disguises.

     For those elites who think they know, but really do not know, their pretenses to special knowledge for the “greater good” masks the deceit of their intentions. Self-sufficiency in the autonomy of resourceful independence threatens the collusions for mass conformity. One size fit all, every event conforms to a prescribed template, and thinking devolves to submissive compliance. Submission must bow to the alleged potency of the established aristocracy. As such, all must know their place and fit within the schemes of artificial generalizations. Individuality is to be avoided unless it only reflects an illusion for the sake of feel-good intentions. Yet, for the carnal satiation of the intentional promotion of elitist desires, indoctrination into the dogmas of power and control are of exceedingly higher value. For the regurgitation of “poly-babble”, and “psychobabble”, the self-serving ones contrive to enslave and hold captive the essence of personal liberation. For many, cowardice preference in lieu of self-sufficiency.

     One reflection upon the history of humankind echoes the sad commentary of profane selfishness in the intentional enslavement of the populace. Intent runs the gamut of familiar cons and schemes, from the latest unnecessary materialistic acquisition, to the investment schemes of stock market thieves. There the trail of usual suspects does not end. Many players join the game with cunning clever hidden agendas. From corporate “robber barons”, to tyrannical governments of one nature or another. Yet, some resist and fight back in various ways. Not all fall willfully into the enticements of one form of bondage or another, but most allow their seduction for some pretense of the greater good. Aiding and abetting the collusions come the vast numbers of marketing schemes to distract, misdirect and reinforce the nonsense of simplistic superficiality. The con artists are everywhere in every aspect of the intricate infotainment networks. Their criminality knows no bounders, as deception is a very human characteristic.

     In one online article, from a global news service, a journalist discusses the disingenuous prospects of the growing “American plutocracy”. From such, it would seem agreeable that the conjecture follows a reasonable trajectory of social commentary. And, in terms of plutocratic purposes, for the sake of riches, salacious satisfaction from which power unfolds serves to engorge the self-serving intentions to assert control over others. Such motivations manifest in profoundly condescending ways. Whether left or right of the political spectrum, sleight of hand is at the forefront more often than not. From every crisis, real and imagined, spurred by the hedonistic pleasures of “pretentious revelation”, as aided by complicit corporate media, opportunities abound for loss of intellectual competency and social ascension. An epidemic, say for example a viral pandemic, corporate and government elitists will move quickly to ensure the interests of power and control. Politicians particularly will seldom avoid a crisis for personal gain.

     Chillingly, the wealthy move swiftly to insulate and otherwise promulgate their illicit ascendency to the higher peaks of materialistic dominion. Another essay portrayed in a magazine that studies politics suggests most people ignore longstanding warnings from history. The demise of critical thinking, promotion of anti-intellectualism and anti-science in the social mainstream, and devolving social competency in general, encourage the widespread nature of stupidity. From ancient history, a Greek writer postulated the potential dangers of promoting the wealthy to higher office in a republic. Likewise, at the turn of the 20^th century, a president cautioned the “vulgar tyranny’ of wealth. Nonetheless, as with most people the path of least resistance in the company of primal illicit incentives, invite the divisive atmosphere of devolving human capabilities.

     Diminishing capacity, the contemporary prospectus of mainstream politicians, as well as the intellectual limitations of mainstream media, reflects the regression of a faltering culture. In a fascinating perspective from on online political studies journal, one analyst infers an assumption related to an interesting paradox. Seemingly so, on the one hand the infotainment realm and the public in general promote an atmosphere of anti-intellectualism. Not only that, but by connection to rationally logical matters of deduction, scientific validation suffers similar forms of ostracizing. By contrast, in order to assure confirmation bias and subjective validation at any cost, pretentious “expertise” is invited by those in advocacy of the status quo. That is to say, typically a non-expert is invited from the alleged “hallow halls” of academia to provide a lower standard of intellectual capacity. Frequently, appeals to so-called “authority”, some professor who wrote something, becomes the latest guru to pacify the weak, the timid and cowardly. For a pandemic, a crisis or some other exaggeration of social chaos, many find egoistic opportunities.

     Appeals to authority, like anecdotal references in a text book in the pseudosciences (criminology, psychology, sociology and theology), are not the basis for a sufficiency of evidentiary substantiation. Argumentation by testimony relies on opinion, perhaps even rumor or gossip, and not necessarily an authenticity of supporting facts. Daily however, politicians get away with intellectual and communicative “homicide”. Very few are astute, savvy or courageous enough to challenge political stupidity. In short, politicos of one persuasion after anther get to play stupid just like the rest of society. Ignorance is advantageous to those who choose to enrich themselves one way or another. This is a reflection of their slant toward criminality, which manifests willfully in different forms. From an article republished in a Canadian news source, a former member of the law enforcement community compares politicians to serial killers. Debate is ongoing as to the viability of such terms as “psychopathy”, along with the egregious conjecture of “criminal profiling”, but included here for information purposes relative to political corruption.

     Regardless of the centuries in proliferation of pseudoscience in the “social studies arena”, the speculation asserts the characterological similarities between dangerous criminals and politicians. Likewise, guesswork could surmise a career criminal is not much different from a career politician. Presumption claims trait comparisons to that of glibness, shallowness, charming persona, exaggerated sense of self-importance and consistent patterns of deception. Studying body language, observation notes the pretentious presence for the photo op, as well as the fake facial expressiveness. Well-groomed, smoothy marketed, the fakery is unlimited.

     Whereas as one economist and social philosopher of the 20^th century expressed, in the diversity between the “pure market entrepreneur” and “political entrepreneur” presents a contrast regarding elitist materiality. From that, a tentative assessment might conclude the potential tyranny of the few over the greater numbers off non-wealthy. That is to suggest that those who collude with the powerful oligarchies, such as politicians and the infotainment industry, will eventually dominate the social mainstream. As the decadence in the gluttonous materiality increases, along with the complicity of the politically corrupt, diminishing opportunities and freedoms are threatened. With extraordinary influence over the political processes, social policy reshapes to fit the needs of elitist materiality. As such, an astute observer witnesses the distinction between the “pure market entrepreneur” and the more sinister “political entrepreneur”. The former is in a better position to provide prosocial opportunities for the consumer while the latter does not.

     A number of maladies condescend the social mainstream as a result of dominance in particular sectors of society whereby political processes can be controlled. Unfolding conceptions of traditional ways of looking at criminal typologies become relevant to the exposure of the criminality. And, subsequently, by exercise of enforcement options, the malefactors can be exposed, apprehended and eventually prosecuted for their crimes. Redefinition or fine tuning of thinking in regard to the criminality in the pathology of elitist materiality may be essential. For instance, classical deviations as extortion, bribery, fraud, incitement, and censorship represent possibilities for addressing covert means by which political systems become degraded. Censorship in the post-modern era is of particular interest as may be applicable to the exaggeration of “political correctness”. Of the elitist piety in the smug arrogance of selective discriminatory snobbery, critical analysis and productive countermeasures of confrontation remain vital.

     Regarding the politician with similar shadowy affinity for a likeness to criminals, the savvy investigator notes the glib superficiality in their presence. Slick dismissive efforts to manipulate and otherwise prevaricate shallow postures quickly demonstrate their dishonesty. Needing exceptional validation for their “selfiness”, verbiage seldom misses an opportunity to pontificate the emptiness of rhetorical triteness. Displaying a consistent pattern of deception, pathological insincerity is a part of the overall complexity of deceptive manipulation. With a lack of profoundly mature empathy for others, the “child-adult” politician is a youngling playing on a “playground” that portends serious consequences. Expressions of parasitic orientations and unenlightened thinking processes may suggest in the criminality in pathology of elitist materiality.