Mike Malloy - We Live In A Culture Eaten Up With Fear

[hschulein]

Excellent description by Mike, about american society and the main thing that has driven decisions by the common folk.

Everyone seems to be the enemy.

Fear.

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HERNAN
BUENOS AIRES
ARGENTINA

[ladjf]

1. By in large, we've become a citizenry of "field mice", afraid of just about everything.

My wife refers to it as a "Henny Penny World".

[zebonaut]

2. The Horizon looks pretty devoid of terrorists

Lots and lots of empty space. Don't see any terrorists hiding behind the trees

[FiveGoodMen]

3. The terrorists are mostly in DC

[geretogo]

4. Fear is an excellent lever for control of the masses . The oligarchs use it masterfully .

Look at the recent elections . All fear no substance .

[U2can]

5. knowledge and information

Fear is only present when a person is limited to little or no knowledge about the issue or the subject at the time. Knowledge unlocks fear and provides freedom. It’s always a control method of individuals; you only have to look back to the days before and during WWII with the Nazis and their propaganda machine to see how the masters did it. And now we have the rightwing crazies using the same tactics.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

8. Some fear can be constructive, if it leads to better preparations, etc.

But most fears are of things that are out of ones control. Why fear in that case? If there is nothing you can do about it, no preparations to make, etc., it is wasteful and totally unproductive (as well as very scary).

[rock]

6. and who's peddling that fear

that everyone's buying?

[Crowman1979]

7. I keep wondering if exposure to toxic waste/metals has cause our nation's mass hysteria?

No doubt that frequent exposure to lead without cleaning your hands is part of the RW insanity.