http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/fifty-states-of-fear/
"The British philosopher Bertrand Russell, writing as World War II was drawing
to a close in Europe, observed that “neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can
be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great
fear.” Russell’s point was that irrational fear can propel us into
counterproductive activities, ranging from unjust wars and the inhumane
treatment of others to more mundane cases like our failure to seize
opportunities to improve our everyday lives."
On the continuing Machiavellian use of fear by those in power.
Via Peter Schmidt.
Cheers,
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Andrew Pam
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