23-01-2017, 11:03 AM
Magda Hassan Wrote:But, contrary to this facile understanding, the turmoil, disorientation, and surreality of the contemporary political moment are some of the effects of a division and struggle within the ruling sectors. We are sensing the tremors of a heaven-quake, caused by an Olympian civil war within the ruling class. Likewise, the dissent within the US today is not entirely unlike that of the CIA-fomented Arab Spring, only taking place within our borders. The only question is just how far it will go.
http://www.legitgov.org/Inauguration-Tru...n-Trumpism
It's the only credible explanation.
The dissent, I think, goes considerably deeper and is of a different nature. That's my take-away anyway.
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