Motherhood in the Age of Fear

Re:Motherhood in the Age of Fear by api on Friday July 27, 2018 @06:07PM (#17629828)

Skepticism is always warranted around speculations like this, but I've wondered for many years if there isn't a deliberate campaign to keep people in a state of fear.

There's a fairly decent BBC piece that explores this idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTg4qnyUGxg

It basically argues that people no longer buy into utopian political ideologies so politicians and political parties have pivoted toward using negative arguments (fear, hate) to motivate the people to follow them. It's not really an elaborate conspiracy theory per se... think of it as a marketing pivot.

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Re:Motherhood in the Age of Fear by brandonmenc on Friday July 27, 2018 @06:12PM (#17629878)

Conspiracy? Honestly, I think it's just very entertaining content made by adults who grew up as kids addicted to slasher films, violent video games, and police procedurals.

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