A society is moving in the direction of a violent political persecution, writes Arthur Verslouis. Key to this transformation into the role of a persecutor is a set of doctrines that one holds to be absolute or universal truth," he says. From this point it is not far to persecuting the recalcitrant and rationalizing even mass murder under the guise of the greater good", adds Versloui.
“Humanity is arming itself, in dread and fascinated horror, for a stupendous crime.” Carl Jung, Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious While we cannot create a heaven on earth, we can create a hell and history is full of examples. Many of these man-made hells are the result of war and conquest, but many others are […]
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