Re:To fasten your seatbelt, insert the flap into the buckle
by ulf on Friday September 18, 2009 @09:19AM
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Fear is a really interesting thing... If you can control people's fears, you pretty much control everything. Currently on display in US healthcare "debate"...
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Re:To fasten your seatbelt, insert the flap into the buckle
by eoyola on Friday September 18, 2009 @02:01PM
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The controlling of people's fear in your usage is also known as manipulation. You're right that it works quite well since it takes advantage of the emotion parts of our psyche that are more fully evolved in us than the newer rational thinking parts.
Re:To fasten your seatbelt, insert the flap into the buckle
by jrockway on Friday September 18, 2009 @09:57AM
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Off-topic right-leaning political banter? Ah yes, it's HN on Friday night.
Re:To fasten your seatbelt, insert the flap into the buckle
by ulf on Friday September 18, 2009 @10:08AM
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Not at all. That was just the first thing that came to mind. Generally you could say that every major decision in politics rises and falls with people's fears. This was just a placative example, and not the least right-leaning.