12-06-2014, 05:38 PM
Drew Phipps Wrote:Magda Hassan Wrote:Don't forget someone to provide the blow and pussy for them.
Too bad they didn't host the conference in Italy, then their "extras" would have supported the official economy.
I winder why, if they're smart enough to accumulate (or inherit) all this wealth, they suppose that "cosmetic" changes would do anything at all to improve their "legitimacy"?
Blimey, the mind boggles! If it was held in Italy, Buffoon Berlusconi would be all over it, fondling and grand-dad dancing with 15 year olds hookers. Since his loss of power, sales of Viagra has dramatically dropped off...
My guess on your second question is that they understand that most people do fall for hype and not substance - at least to begin with. And, of course, every ten years or so a new generation comes along that is packaged by education and the media to be blind and short on the critical thinking front. Or both.
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