Government is the collective manifestation of our individual fears. Government is a belief system that is dependent upon fear. Fear of people and cultures that we have never visited. Fear of taking responsibility for our own actions.
In order for government to grow, the level of fear in the society that it controls must also grow. Government has incentive to promote fear (either real or conjured) in order to justify its own existence. This is why the nightly news is so bleak and difficult to stomach.
Bill Hicks had it right when he told us that life is a simple choice between fear and love. Remember, its just a ride.
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