2006-09-09 03:39:51 · 10 answers · asked by TheHappyGuy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I absolutely believe we do - and I believe the source of that fear comes from the media. Turn on the evening news on any particular day and you're blasted with news stories that have a common theme, that we're not safe anymore. I particularly dislike two news-based terms that began many years ago that seems to suggest we're not safe in our own homes anymore and the "in broad daylight" term.
Sometimes, it's like the news media decides what it's going to scare us with at any particular time. Years ago, it was carjacking. Several times a week, a carjacking would be part of a local newstory, "...we begin tonight with yet aNOTHER carjacking, leaving yet another shaken and bruised victim. LISten as we recount the terrifying events of this afternoon." As a result, instead of just sitting down and having a nice family dinner, we're all like "...wow - it's getting really dangerous to drive." Then, all of a sudden, the carjacking stories will just stop and they'll go on to the next thing they decide to scare us with - fried foods, hormone replacement, silver fillings, the material our pajamas are made with, exploding laptops, you name it.
To add to that, you have shows like "MSNBC Investigates", which depicts murder investigations. The murderer always seems to be someone who most of us have historically thought of as being trustworthy - certainly not someone who would kill us: a spouse, family friend, business partner, the Easter bunny. So, with shows like this, you can start thinking, "...dang! You can't trust ANYbody!!!"
Let's face it, fear is a profitable business. A commercial comes on that shows a mother and her children cowering in the laundry room as a scary-looking person tries to break into the home. Suddenly, alarms go off, lights start flashing and the scary-looking person runs away. Then, the phone rings - a call from a rep from the over-priced alarm system they've scared you into purchasing, reassuring mom and children that, had they not purchased that over-priced alarm system, who KNOWS what might have just happened! So, we're all sitting there watching this and saying, "...oh nooo - someone is going to try to break in and kill us! We better call and get that over-priced alarm system too!"
Gun companies definately profit from fear too. My guess is if I walked into a store that sells guns tomorrow and advised the clerk I just wanted to have a gun at home for safety reasons, I'd probably walk out with a Glock or something - and scared to death.
Yep - I'd say we definately live in a culture of fear.
2006-09-09 04:18:50 · answer #1 · answered by loveblue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happy Guy,
You hit the nail squarely on the head. It all started in the 1960s, when they discovered that people can be programmed, by watching TV. If you stand to the side of the TV, and watch it from a distance in a mirror, you will see how fast, images are flashed at you. Your conscious mind, doesn't have time to analyze the information going into your brain as images and words. It goes directly to your subconscious, where it becomes imprinted into your beliefs and behavior. Why do you think they spend billions of dollars on advertising each year? Why must people have the very latest cell phone, car, fashions, make-up, etc, etc, etc,. We spend ourselves into debt for the most stupid things, and don't even know why. I also believe, that the "news" and other programming, is calculated to keep us in a perpetual state of uncertainty and fear about our welfare and future. Scared people are easier to take advantage of. If you look around you, you will see that our constitutional freedoms are being stripped away, and that we are all just going along with it. It is because we have been programmed to think that it will make us safe. HEY EVERYBODY! TURN OFF YOUR FREAKING TELEVISION AND RADIO! GET A LIFE ALREADY!
2006-09-09 04:03:24 · answer #2 · answered by Will O' the Wisp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given that the majority of Americans have willingly given over their civil liberties in the name of national security, I believe rather strongly that the answer to your question is, "yes."
2006-09-09 03:48:23 · answer #3 · answered by gjstoryteller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 22:01:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we do. All our behavior revolves around that. People putting on masks in front of others, so they will be liked, and not made fun of or attcked in any way. Trying to act bad, and cool, and witty.
Just be yourself.
2006-09-09 03:43:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most people do.
2006-09-09 03:42:06 · answer #6 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, why do you think most people are edgey
2006-09-09 03:46:28 · answer #7 · answered by Cliff L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make 'em afraid, then they spend money
2006-09-09 03:48:59 · answer #8 · answered by ỉη ץ٥ڵ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Satan wants us to believe that we do, but we really don't.
2006-09-09 03:42:17 · answer #9 · answered by R.C.P. 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No.
2006-09-09 03:40:41 · answer #10 · answered by Caillech W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋