05-11-2016, 09:48 AM
R.K. Locke Wrote:Nobody is defending Trump. He's terrible. But this thread isn't about him, so I'm not going to continue to engage you on the subject.
Agreed.
It is a peculiarity of our time that America has reached the stage of its political "development" that the only two people standing in the race for power are both utterly reprehensible and crooked beyond belief.
There is clear evidence that Trump has organized crime connections - besides other seamy matters. Hilary meanwhile, is taking money from a foreign government where corrupt practises, cruelty, and the most abject form of misogyny are the pillars of life.
Way to go America. That's the best presidential candidates you've got for what you amusingly call "high office".
So let's tangle this poisoned recipe up some more shall we? I know just how. Let's fight each other over which of the damned candidate we root for.
However, to do that it is essential that we ignore the schizophrenic thinking that motivates this craziness in us --- one candidate is good, the other bad. The old Hollywood white hat versus the black hat. Simple is as simple does. Why change something that continues to work?
As I keep saying, common sense and intelligence has fled.
The world looks on in astonishment.
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