If we want to avoid being at the behest of pathological leaders and their dysfunctional politics, we will need a citizen that has more knowledge of psychology: of both his or her own, and that of their leaders.
The tendency for power to attract pathologically ruthless and narcissistic people is resulting in the creation of "pathocracies" – rule by the pathological.
Can a 14th century Muslim polymath’s ideas about the rise and fall of societies explain the situation in today’s Middle East, and particularly in Israel?