Punitive psychiatry
Punitive psychiatry Карательная психиатрия is practice to use psychiatry as pretext for political repressions, in order to isolate and/or eliminate opponents and critics.
The Punitive Psychiatry seems to be especially popular in the USSR.
Universality
The Punitive Psychiatry can be applied to any citizen with healthy mentality. The following mechanism is used.
1. Thesis of Sovietism are postulated.
2. Only mental illness may prevent the citizen to accept the postulates of Sovietism.
3. If one expresses doubts In Sovietism, this Is evidence of his or her illness.
Sovietism has many internal contradictions, and shows contradiction with observation. So, any healthy person can be punished with the Punitive psychiatry.
References
2018.10.23.
https://fee.org/articles/zhores-medvedevs-life-a-chilling-reminder-of-how-the-soviets-weaponized-psychiatry-against-dissidents/
Zhores Medvedev's Life: A Chilling Reminder of How the Soviets Weaponized Psychiatry against Dissidents.
The practice of categorizing one’s enemies as “insane” became a ready tool of suppression in the Soviet state founded by Lenin and developed under Stalin.
Sunday, December 23, 2018.
Keywords
Bolshevism, Communism, Corruption, Dictatorship, Fascism, Genocide, History, Russia, USSR