Greetings:
I agree with your point. My father was fond of telling me to, “Practice patience and enjoy deprivation.” It was good advice, even though its acceptance took me some time.
But, as much as there seems to be acceptance of the malfeasance or nonfeasance of Mr. Jackson’s later day associates, I still have a bit of difficulty with the assertion. Mr. Jackson was a man of some “artistic” ability and business acumen. I can’t yet accept that what was going on around him was without his assent on some level. He may have been acting in a passive-aggressive mode, but I don’t think he ever forgot the unGolden Rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules.
I think it more likely that Mr. Jackson just never found his peace in this world. I have long thought that abuse of opiates is a sign that one wants to withdraw from the world, with death being the ultimate withdrawal. This may have been a subconscious desire on Mr. Jackson’s part but I think that things were closing in on him and that there was no relief in sight. I think Dr. Freud referred to it as Thantos, or the deathwish.
P.S. Obviously, I am no psychologist.
