Becker points out all political scapegoating is essentially a religious ritual. It is the act of embodying all the evil in the world and all the injustice in the state onto one easily discernible object. An object that then must be destroyed to destroy the evil it symbolizes.
What if I discover that I myself am the enemy who must be loved – what then?
Do you achieve spiritual growth by suppressing the dark aspects of your personality?
And what is our unconscious trying to tell us when we experience anxiety, dissatisfaction, and irrational urges despite our best efforts to live mindfully?
