<div dir="auto">Well, you could say that the Constitution is a kind of superego. It's interesting that Trump resents the ways in which it constrains him. He tries to get around it with surprising success thanks to sycophants like Barr et al.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">---<br>Frank C. Wimberly<br>140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>Santa Fe, NM 87505<br><br>505 670-9918<br>Santa Fe, NM</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 5, 2020, 7:04 PM Steve Smith <<a href="mailto:sasmyth@swcp.com">sasmyth@swcp.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Frank -<br>
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<div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> And that
trait ingratiates with those amongst us who have base impulses
for which we fear we might be shamed.</span><br>
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<div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">And that includes
everyone. But then most of us have superegos that constrain
us. Trump less so.</div>
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<p>Ah, but HIS is a SuperDuperEgo... just ask him, he'll tell ya!</p>
<p>I don't know what your stake (or dog in the fight or ... pick a
metaphor) is regarding collective
consciousness/awareness/intelligence/wisdom/action in the abstract
but it seems your background would support having an opinion or
more to the point a thought-through-thought or two on the topic.</p>
<p>If there are suitable parallels between individual consciousness
and collective versions of it, what would be the superego of a
culture, people, nation-state, etc.?</p>
<p>- Steve<br>
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