In the Orbit
copyright © 2025 by Robert l. Blau

Autocracism is a disorder that used to be diagnosed as greed, cruelty, megalomania, or narcissism, or just being an asshole. It is now diagnosed as an orbital disorder, Autocracism Orbital Disorder (AOD), meaning that the sufferer of the disorder is in orbit around an Autocrat.


Common symptoms of autocracism are bullying, racism, sexism, xenophobia, lust for power, contempt for law (except as something that happens to other people), absence of empathy,  disbelief in the rights of non-self actors, and projection of all of the above onto The Other.

Autocracism in America has reached unprecedented, epic proportions. The causes for this are unknown. However, the Department of Health and Human Services has suggested the following:

    1. What the hell are you talking about? There's no such thing!
    2. Civil protests
    3. Antifa
    4. Tylenol