02-04-2009, 08:53 AM
This is simply the madness of greed gone truly wild. As more and more people are saying, Capitalism doesn't actually work because it expands and exaggerates the ferociously destructive side of human nature, and when taken to its extreme - as inevitably must happen - it devours itself.
I just feel sad for the tens of thousands of GM employees who could end up in the poor house because a tiny minority of moneyed trash play Lords of the Universe.
I just feel sad for the tens of thousands of GM employees who could end up in the poor house because a tiny minority of moneyed trash play Lords of the Universe.
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