Fear September 29, 2005
Posted by bodhidude in : Psychology, Society, blog , add a commentFear is the ultimate tool of control. All totalitarian governments have used it very effectively over the centuries and the American government is no expection. Without keeping people afraid you cannot maintain control and implement the measures that enable a repressive state. People don’t think rationally when they are afaid because they are caught up in an anxiety state, worried about their safety and survival and eager to accept anything they believe may alleviate the situation.
As the US has begun to transition into a more totalitarian state we have seen fear invoked in the classic ways with this perpertual war scenario, “the war on terror”. Our government feeds on the fear of the masses, I think its why we are always at WAR with everything. The war on poverty, the war on drugs, the war on terror, the war the war the war……… We are taught to be afraid of all these things, that they constitute a threat. This is a very dysfunctional way of relating to the world and it creates mental illness on a large scale because we can easily see what happens to people when they are kept in a state of fear and stress over a long period of time. Fear supercedes critical thinking and awareness and it has worked on the American people to allow the government to pass repressive laws, subvert the constitution, lie on a larger scale than ever before and avoid being accountable.
The only solution to this is to see it for what it is and consciously choose to remove oneself from the fear loop by not giving into it. By returning to critical thinking and seeing through the delusional games. By turning off the mechanisms of fear delivery, the mainstream media and entertainment, and getting your news and entertainment from a more conherent source and intentionally exposing yourself to positive experiences in your life. If we can remove ourselves from this cycle of fear we will be able to effect change and change the course of our society.