Derangedcow

The fixation with fortresses appears to be one of man’s incurable afflictions. The desire to protect one’s acquisitions probably springs from an innate sense of responsibility to take charge of one’s future and to insure the survival of future generations.
Even Carl Gustav Jung, the Swiss psychologist who pioneered analytical psychology and who wrote the Psychology of the Unconscious (1912), fantasized about castles and structural alterations as a schoolboy. His leisure hours were preoccupied with studies of modern methods of fortification for more than two years (Jung. Memories, Dreams, Reflections, 1961).
The odyssey from the Medieval Era to the 21st century has not changed the ways of man. He continues to build structures to protect his dominion, with a twist. The figurative castles he now builds are
the form of legal structures and organizations sanctioned by law. Man is still as insecure as ever. Has man’s need for a security blanket diminished? Hardly. Greed and materialism are powerful forces that drive others to dip their hands into the pockets of their neighbors.
The enemy is more sophisticated, using modern weapons that are far more lethal and devastating than spears, swords and arrows. Over the years, many Filipinos have accumulated properties through sheer industry.
Their spending habits have grown by leaps and bounds. Merchants are devising sophisticated marketing techniques to entice us to buy a wider array of consumer products. Credit cards with easy terms are dangled in front of our eyes and the prices
goods are rising. The temptation to live beyond our means is hard to resist. It may be the sight of private property that inflames the predator’s surge of intrusion. One way of tempering the human love of aggression is by removing the stimuli.