11-11-2009, 07:19 PM
John Kowalski Wrote:The congressman says that co-pays etc. is "our system". The congressman is wrong, it is the private insurers' system. This system only exists because the private insurers profit from it. I doubt that Americans really get much information about other health care options that are available, otherwise "our system" would be a universal health care system, not the for-profit disaster that exists today.
An issue that has been lost in the current health care crisis is the state of American democracy. The failure of the US to adopt a policy such as universal health care, that is clearly in the interests of a vast majority of its citizens, clearly demonstrates that the interests of the a minority, the wealthy, outweighs the needs of the majority, the middle class and the poor in the making of legislation, and that is not democracy.
No, not a democracy at all, but rather a pretend one. A very effective pretend one too. The majority of Americans - and Brits for that matter - are participants who vote - and thus continue the charade - from the perspective of happy slumber.
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