Comments by "Aaron Okeanos" (@AaronOkeanos) on "Woman Shows Why MAGA Is Motivated By Fear" video.

  1. Fear is only the first step what GOP and Fox actually aiming at is anger. Fear in too large doses is paralizing so the plan is to convert it into anger. Anger is problematic. Anger is a primal emotion and as such controled by the oldest part of the brain where instinct is. The problem with anger is it is transferable and humans have a hard time focusing anger on more than one target and limiting a justified amount of anger as everybody probably noticed already when you were more angry at a person than deserved. So Fox and Right-Wing media try to nurture and groom this anger. 1) Maintain the anger so it is not lost or diminishes/disappear -- This is why Fox always finds something to be angry about. It is also the reason why so many "invented" things to be angry about exist because they have to maintain the anger-level. 2) Grow the anger -- If possible the anger is made stronger by giving people more things to be angry about and make the existing anger worse. 3) Direct the anger -- Since humans cannot focus anger on more than one target and tend to put all anger into one target not just a little right-wing media gives the anger targets. Democrats, trans, immigrants, moslems, Biden ... whatever they political need in the moment. As a side-effect this works like a lightning rod for the anger the media don't want the anger at ... GOP, bad policies, foolish behaviour, corporate rule, corruption, legal bribery, cost of living caused by greedy policies, housing issues, climate change etc. and instead ALL the anger is pushed at the selected target. It's genius ... but diabolitical. Hard to defend against and hard to see/realize this manipulation.
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  2. Come to think of it: What is coming from the GOP which is not based on fear? I honestly have problems finding something. Hope? Happyness? Empathy? None of that! Can you find something?
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  3. I'd say fear is okay as long as you don't allow it to control you. But not fear from made-up stuff or massivly exaggerated stuff. Life is complicated enough no need to burden yourself with more than necessary.
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