21-09-2009, 01:54 PM
Carsten Wiethoff Wrote:Strictly voicing it as my personal opinion, to which I am entitled by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany, I think that real democracy never existed in Germany after the rise of the third Reich.
Carsten
An interesting observation Carsten.
Firstly, until 1954/5 Uncle Sam controlled what was then "West Germany" as a fiefdom.
Then after the nation was handed back, Nazi money that had been secretly controlled by Bormann in Argentina (or was it Paraguay? - can't remember now) was repatriated to kick-start the new Federal Germany. That, at least, is the view given by Paul Manning in his exhaustively researched book "Martin Bormann, Nazi in Exile". And Manning is highly regarded.
But to perfecly honest, "democracy" is and always has been an illusion of the elites to keep the natives quiet.
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