04-02-2011, 11:30 AM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:David Guyatt Wrote:THis is, obviously, why greedy, viscous people always end up in power the world over.
Political power is a constantly paying multi-armed bandit machine.
I'd be hard put spending one billion - even if I spent most of it on charity. 70 Billion!...and those are likely 'liquid' assets....
Keeping up with the Joneses remains a critical social requirement...
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