> Without fear, however, you don't get any kind of progress. Fear is powerful.

this is critically underrated. dismissing ths current feardriven environment really misses the issue.

what is new now is not fear, but the communication - the market penetration. sowing dissent used to be the game of spies. now any political enemy, foreign and domestic, just has to tweet or facebook.

perhaps trust SHOULD be at an all time low.