<P> Freud added that "a further determinant of this behaviour of the king was his need to combat a feeling of powerlessness . By burning the letters and having the messenger killed he was still trying to show his absolute power ." </P> <P> Carl G. Jung, a peer of Freud's, describes the shadow in the individual as part of the unconscious mind, which is largely negative . "Everyone carries a shadow", Jung wrote, "and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is". It may be in part one's links to more primitive animal instincts, which are superseded in early childhood by the conscious mind . V.G. Hufnagel, a bioethics expert wrote, "the shadow of the institution protects its own fraternity". The fraternity members form a collective and share a collective consciousness with a predatory instinctive animal in nature and hold the fears of childhood . These fears stimulate actions to destroy any message that may harm them . There is no cognitive process in these actions . These are forced on death of an individual and of an idea through human sacrifice . There are religious aspects to these actions . The fraternity of authority believes it holds a right to exterminate those who could harm them . The shadow is a part of the "psychology of institutions". Institutions have enormous funds to use unlike an individual whistleblower . Institutions also have massive communication systems and a loyal population that supports the institution . </P> <P> A modern version of "shooting the messenger" can be perceived when someone blames the media for presenting bad news about a favored cause, person, organization, etc . "Shooting the messenger" may be a time - honored emotional response to unwanted news, but it is not a very effective method of remaining well - informed ." </P> <P> Getting rid of the messenger may be a tactical move, but danger found in nondisclosure may result in either hostile responses or negative feedback from others . "People learn very quickly where this is the case, and will studiously avoid giving any negative feedback; thus the' Emperor' continues with the self - delusion...Obviously this is not a recipe for success". Barbara Ehrenreich in Bright - sided / Smile or Die argued that a culture of "thinking positive" so as to "purge' negative people' from the ranks...(fed into) the bubble-itis" of the 2000s . </P>

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