07-10-2018, 04:41 PM
Paul Craig Roberts is right. The Western public are incredibly stupid to the point that it hurts. He really means the American public I think - but wisely won't state that outright for obvious reasons. But I concur with him based on my recent personal experience. That is the result, I would argue, of consciously directed social engineering.
And it's taken only a few decades to achieve.
And it's taken only a few decades to achieve.
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