Idealism or satisfaction?

Taken from 'http://www.xgam.org/xenogears/encyclopaedia/index.php?topic=id'

The Ego (Latin word meaning 'I' or 'myself') is the personality of the individual, the part that everybody sees and knows about. The ego is the only part of the mind that anyone has any control over, and it is the only part of the mind that the individual is aware of.

The superego (German for over-me) is the conscience of the mind, an opposite force to the id, residing in the preconscious. It counteracts the selfish orders of the Id, with unselfish angelic thoughts, and thus the individual is balanced. Freud divided the superego into two forces, the conscious which was the unconscious reflection of the parent and responsible for dispensing mental punishments of guilt. And the Ego ideal, the ideal self-concept that is responsible for feelings of pride, and also gives a standard for the individual to live up to.

The Id is the most evil and primitive part of the mind, and has no personality of it’s own but has wishes and demands. It lurks deep down in the unconscious, and can only make it’s demands known to the conscious mind through symbolic dreams. It operates on the pleasure principle, that is, it seeks to obtain pleasure and avoid pain. Unsatisfied demands create tension. So release must be sought either through real solutions or through fantasy. Freud subdivided the Id into two parts. The Thanatos and the Libido. The Thanatos is the part of the mind that is the the death wish, a ball of violence radiating against both society and the individual. The Libido is the sexual desire of the individual found in dreams and feelings of lust.

The world needs a stronger Superego, and a weaker Id.