09-03-2009, 11:55 AM
Quote:According to Levine, "the only thing we know with certainty is that the drug war is not for real. The drug economy in the United States is as much as $200 billion a year, and it is being used to finance political operations, pay international debts -- all sorts of things." While not being completely frozen out by the media, not one DEA or other government official would appear to respond to his charges.
The global figure is in excess of $1 trillion. That was the case over a decade ago now. Combine that with the illicit weapons trade - the ugly sister of narcotics, gambling and other profitable but illegal activites and we're talking serious money. So serious that banks and Wall Street and governments are now a major part of what was once called The Octopus.
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