17-12-2008, 10:25 AM
Mark Stapleton Wrote:I think the difference is that Madoff has ripped off mostly rich investors, whereas the normal corporate world mostly just robs the masses.
The rich hate being robbed by one of their own. There'll be fire and brimstone fury over this, but out of the public gaze.
Madoff has been arrested. Can anyone name another banker who was part of the scam of all scams -- the banking system rescue -- who has been treated likewise?
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