26-05-2016, 08:19 AM
Of course, dazing and confusion of the public is purposeful. If people cannot intellectually reach a decision on the actual facts because they are designedly blurred, they will be very prone to making decisions based on emotional responses -- and these, as we see daily, can be manipulated by the media.
A good example of this today is the governments ongoing campaign to convince a pessimistic public vote to stay in the EU where, every day, the nations "emotion" of dread and fear is triggered and uncertainty is highlighted.
A good example of this today is the governments ongoing campaign to convince a pessimistic public vote to stay in the EU where, every day, the nations "emotion" of dread and fear is triggered and uncertainty is highlighted.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14