Freud's theory of the personality can be extended from individuals to nations. Freud argued that our personality is shaped by three components …. the id, the ego and the superego. Two are in conflict and the third mediating between them. The " id " is infantile, narcissistic and pursues the Pleasure Principle.
It wants self-gratification at every moment and resents anything that stops it getting what it wants. It is the ultimate spoiled, over-indulged child. Its supporters link it to freedom and self-expression. " Do whatever you want " ……… is the id's mantra. The " Superego " is the ultimate stern parent and obeys the Control Principle. It is obsessed with right and wrong, morality, conscience, rulebooks, discipline, law and order. Where the id cares only for itself, the superego is preoccupied with others, with group dynamics, with society. Its supporters link it to consideration for others and maturity. " Do as you would be done by " is the superego's mantra. The id and superego are always in conflict.
Between the id and superego stands the " Ego. "
Which listens to both and takes action according to the Reality Principle.
The ego is the component grounded in the real world and deals with the art of the possible. It seeks to express the id but operate within the superego rules of society.
The tension between the id and superego is evident everywhere …..
Islamic nations are classic superego societies …… black, drab and authoritarian. " Moral " police are everywhere. Women must conceal themselves. Thieves have their hands cut off. Homosexuals are hanged. Adulterers beheaded. Fornicators are stoned to death. People must pray to Allah five times a day, including at night. They must orient themselves towards Mecca. No alcohol, no drugs. Sex is strictly within marriage. Islam is an example of the superego unrestrained.
Islamic nations are on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
" We love death more than you love life, " Muslims say to Westerners. This is a pathological statement, and Islam is an anti-life ideology.
Muslims' collective mental illness makes them obsessed with suicide, which they choose to refer to as " martyrdom ". Given that their lives are so lacking in pleasure, their love of death isn't surprising. Several fundamentalist Christian sects are also superego dominated, as are Orthodox Jews. Much of the trouble in the world stems from these inflexible societies. This is the world of the religious fanatic.
These societies are always governed by grim, hateful old men in black clothes and long white beards …… the ayatollahs of Iran, the elders of the Amish, men in black suits, odd hairstyles who lead Orthodox Jewish communities. These societies are full of bitterness. They're suspicious of outsiders and terrified of change.
They're wedded to tradition and the past.
The West is an unrestrained id culture. Everything is geared for self-gratification. Capitalism is the delivery system - the addict's syringe - of the ultimate drug …… Pleasure around the clock, delivered to you whenever and wherever you want it. Fast food. Fast sex. Fast entertainment. Fast cars. Fast talk. Everything is fast in order to get your dose of pleasure to you without delay. Capitalism is the smack dealer standing on the street corner. It is drug pushing turned into a political and economic ideology. It creates endless junkies, obsessed with their next fix. They suffer appalling withdrawal symptoms if they don't get their hit for the day. Ask any western woman what her favorite pastime is and she will say retail therapy. What kind of society has shopping as its most desirable activity ? Ask any man and he will say watching sport. Does the meaning of life lie in football and basketball ? Junk TV, junk computer games, junk Hollywood movies, peep shows, internet porn, social networking, theme parks, cheap alcohol, cheap drugs. The western world is Disney World run by drug pushers. The superego is extinguished. The West is the opposite of the superego societies. Whereas those are run by old men, western societies revolve around spoiled brats, men and women who never grow up, people suffering from arrested development, stuck in their baby phase. The West is an infantilized culture.
The credit crunch is the inevitable consequence of an unrestrained id ideology. In an id culture, no one holds back. Those who can be as greedy as they like, invariably take everything they can get, regardless of the consequences, and regardless of others. Why would they stop ? They are simply fulfilling the core ideology of the society they live in. Regulation, the superego mechanism for moderating markets, was dismantled in the West thanks to Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and the two Bush presidents, and thanks to Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in the UK.
Their collective ideology was that markets were more efficient than anything else. In fact, markets are reflections of the id and are driven by first greed and then fear ( boom and bust ), and always lead to disaster if not curbed by strong regulation.
The whole basis of the free market approach to social governance is flawed. Markets - id forces - only work if blended with effective regulation - a superego force. The members of the regulatory bodies have to be as well paid and as highly talented as the people in the institutions they are regulating. This has never happened under western capitalism. No one wants to stop the party. Greed is good, remember. In that statement is contained the credit crunch. The many pay for the greed of the few.
In most societies, the ego …. the component that is supposed to ensure a healthy balance between id and superego ….. is overwhelmed. In most societies, the id or the superego becomes luridly magnified, until it is unstoppable within a particular culture. The sensible ego obeying the Reality Principle is nowhere to be seen. All we get instead is the undiluted Pleasure Principle or the undiluted Control Principle.
A healthy society is one where the ego dominates, and the id and superego are each given healthy, but not excessive, expression. That is the world we advocate. That is the essence of the new society the Illuminati seek to build. Capitalism - the id philosophy - must be consigned to history, as must the superego ideologies of the fanatic - Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Communism etc.
Who in their right mind would oppose this vision for society ?
Unfortunately ….. the vast majority of people are as yet not in their right mind.
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