16-09-2019, 01:08 PM
It's a real worry, James.
What I think we're seeing in these unwelcome developments is the Western elites losing control. Firstly of the narrative, and secondly of the historic hegemony that the US has controlled since WWII, and prior to that we Brits for the previous couple of hundred years.
These elites and elite families have grown so comfortable with their ages old power games and manipulations that they no longer have an original thought - and are lost in a knee-jerk reaction to events that take place outside of their control.
What I think we're seeing in these unwelcome developments is the Western elites losing control. Firstly of the narrative, and secondly of the historic hegemony that the US has controlled since WWII, and prior to that we Brits for the previous couple of hundred years.
These elites and elite families have grown so comfortable with their ages old power games and manipulations that they no longer have an original thought - and are lost in a knee-jerk reaction to events that take place outside of their control.
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