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**lorrieholdridge** · 08-05-2011, 12:27 AM

Yup. Dragons at the gate. It's been going on for a lot longer than a few decades. Fear (largely unjustified) is what they use to control us. Not much has changed in that regard.

Fear of the 'other' has probably been around as long as Humanity has. What gets my goat is that I've noticed more of the 'divide & conquer' type of fear here in the US. In power dynamics theory, it's always been observed that a people who are chronically afraid are easily divided. Divided & then conquered.

Stating the obvious: it's self-defeating.

08-05-2011, 12:27 AM	#32
lorrieholdridge Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 452 Senior Member	Yup. Dragons at the gate. It's been going on for a lot longer than a few decades. Fear (largely unjustified) is what they use to control us. Not much has changed in that regard. Fear of the 'other' has probably been around as long as Humanity has. What gets my goat is that I've noticed more of the 'divide & conquer' type of fear here in the US. In power dynamics theory, it's always been observed that a people who are chronically afraid are easily divided. Divided & then conquered. Stating the obvious: it's self-defeating.
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