The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.
―H.L. Mencken
Whenever I need to be reminded that there is nothing new under the sun, I go back and read H.L. Mencken’s essays from a century ago. In reflecting on the chicanery, fraud, and humbug of his day, he might as well have been writing about our era.
In this episode of the HOT ZONE, we talk about the use of fear to get your attention, distract you, obtain your allegiance and compliance, and to sell you things.
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The HOT ZONE: Fear's Harvest