19-08-2016, 05:20 PM
Drew Phipps Wrote:And yet here we are (the members of this forum), freely engaging in debate, making critical comments, advocating unconventional beliefs, for the benefit of both members, and other inquiring minds, without a fear of being jailed or shot dead for our efforts. I bet if the founders of this forum were crass enough to sell advertising, we could eventually have a board of directors, get paid for contributing, and eventually sell out to some political party that needed a tame media outlet.
Hmm. Even if we stay free (ideologically and economically), I wonder if those little press passes that you stick in your hat are a possibility?
No forum or other critical entity can hope to compete with the mass circulation media, where control of the public mind rests and the narrative is perennially set. It matters very little what we say here at DPF because our reach is very limited.
I used to have one of those little press passes (a "press card" in the UK) but that of itself is meaningless. Try earning a living writing articles that are revelatory where it truly hurts, and you'll quickly learn how to walk in the wilderness and live on cans of soup and baked beans.
Big, meaningful and important stories get spiked all the time.
Which, of course, places the "ideological and economic freedom" in the realm of empty myths.
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