GLACA on Nostr: The Manipulation of the Collective Shadow I’ve been thinking a lot about Carl ...
The Manipulation of the Collective Shadow
I’ve been thinking a lot about Carl Jung’s idea of the collective shadow—how societies repress their darker instincts, the things they don’t want to see or acknowledge. What scares me most is how easily states and media can manipulate that shadow, projecting guilt and fear onto others while pushing us to ignore the atrocities happening right in front of us. It’s unsettling to realize how this repression affects us all. We avoid confronting our own complicity because it’s easier to live in denial than face the uncomfortable truth: that our silence enables violence. We turn a blind eye, thinking it’s not our responsibility, but in doing so, we let those darker instincts thrive. It’s terrifying to consider how this manipulation seeps into our consciousness and impacts our moral compass.
I’ve been thinking a lot about Carl Jung’s idea of the collective shadow—how societies repress their darker instincts, the things they don’t want to see or acknowledge. What scares me most is how easily states and media can manipulate that shadow, projecting guilt and fear onto others while pushing us to ignore the atrocities happening right in front of us. It’s unsettling to realize how this repression affects us all. We avoid confronting our own complicity because it’s easier to live in denial than face the uncomfortable truth: that our silence enables violence. We turn a blind eye, thinking it’s not our responsibility, but in doing so, we let those darker instincts thrive. It’s terrifying to consider how this manipulation seeps into our consciousness and impacts our moral compass.