20-05-2014, 08:27 AM
The first cold war was, for me, a "manufactured" war (but also a real one too of course) that enabled the US to rise to prominence.
Meanwhile, America's favourite enemy, Hitler and a "who's who" of the most senior members of his his National Socialist Party, escaped scott-free down the Ratlines at the end of WWII.
An external enemy is always required to divert eyes elsewhere in the world. Otherwise, we would all see how the magician did his trick.
Might it be that a new "cold war" could, likewise, be a long term strategic diversion for another beast to rise in the shadows?
Meanwhile, America's favourite enemy, Hitler and a "who's who" of the most senior members of his his National Socialist Party, escaped scott-free down the Ratlines at the end of WWII.
An external enemy is always required to divert eyes elsewhere in the world. Otherwise, we would all see how the magician did his trick.
Might it be that a new "cold war" could, likewise, be a long term strategic diversion for another beast to rise in the shadows?
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