The most famous words of Franklin Roosevelt, America's longest serving president were,

the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

One wonders if any world leader would or even could say that today, we live in the age

of fear.

All of my life I thought love and hate were the two most powerful emotions, but owing

to recent events, I've changed my mind, and now understand that for most people, fear

is the strongest emotion.

In fact I've come to realize that it is possible to get people to do anything if you

instill enough fear in them.

Specifically irrational fear.

Fear of COVID for example is rational, but media and governments induced irrational fears.

That's why millions of healthy people stayed indoors for a year or more.

Why a vast number of people have worn masks while walking or sitting alone outdoors?

And why so many parents did not allow their young children to play with other children

for a year or more, despite the fact that the COVID mortality rate among children is considerably

less than the flu's mortality rate among children.

All of this was caused by irrational fear.

Things out that fear is not only more powerful than love and hate, in most people it is more

powerful than reason, and when it is, it is far more destructive to the individual and

to society than rational fear.

What is rational fear?

When a soldier fears going into battle, that's rational.

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