18-11-2010, 11:57 AM
The problem being, however, is that a bank run very quickly results in a bank being closed before the creditors can get all their money out. And those who don't get heir money out lose it all because banks always leverage their assets.
It's a great idea but it wouldn't work in principle.
However, by withdrawing your spending power on other big corporations would not only hurt them, but would also hurt the banks, who would be net lenders to big companies.
Start with the airlines I say. Stop using them as a protest, and the fascist "security" nonsense at airports would soon stop. And then move on picking targets intelligently causing a severe squeeze in business but not a complete cessation.
It's a great idea but it wouldn't work in principle.
However, by withdrawing your spending power on other big corporations would not only hurt them, but would also hurt the banks, who would be net lenders to big companies.
Start with the airlines I say. Stop using them as a protest, and the fascist "security" nonsense at airports would soon stop. And then move on picking targets intelligently causing a severe squeeze in business but not a complete cessation.
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