259 How Entire Societies Go Mad
Nov 21, 2024•10 min
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Episode description
Psychologist Carl Jung said the biggest threat to civilization is our inability to deal with our own minds. We are our own worst enemies. The Latin proverb says, "Man is wolf to man." In Civilization in Transition, Jung says this proverb is true. Our wolf-like tendencies show up when mental illness is normal in a society. Jung called this a psychic epidemic.
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