Thank you David Solway…..thorough, thoughtful, important.
In a crucial essay, a half century ago, C. G. Jung wrote in vol 10, of his Collected Works, pars. 501-504, 1957:
“The moment the individual combines with the mass…he renders himself obsolete… robbed of his foundations and his dignity…responsibility is collectivized…the individual becomes more and more a function of society, which in turn usurps the function of the real life carrier (only the individual carries life and meaning), …the individual is increasingly deprived of the moral decision as to how he should live his own life, and instead is ruled, fed, clothed, and educated as a social unit….and amused in accordance with the standards that give pleasure and satisfaction to the masses. The State is turned into a quasi-animate personality…whereas, in actual fact, society is nothing more than an abstract idea…only a camouflage for those who know how to manipulate it…specialized mouthpieces of State doctrine. (And when)…responsibility is delegated to a corporate body….(the individual) is on the way to State slavery.”
