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tavalon

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6. Well, it is good that you've looked behind the curtain,

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 09:37 AM

Dec 2011

but this has been going on since time began. Divide and Conquer. Bread and Circuses. And FEAR, FEAR, FEAR. Three of the most successful things the one percenters have been using since the dawn of time.

That is what is so very awesome about this coming spring. We will not be divided, nor conquered, we will not be mollified by bread or circuses and we will not fear.

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It is all about fear. Fear, fear and more fear [View all] Stuart G Dec 2011 OP

You must be fairly young. WinkyDink Dec 2011 #1

I am not young.. Stuart G Dec 2011 #3

I have never seen this country more "Polarized" FreakinDJ Dec 2011 #8

Barry Glassner, "The Culture of Fear." Tansy_Gold Dec 2011 #2

We have become a very fearful people Owlet Dec 2011 #4

Well said. CrispyQ Dec 2011 #11

Idiots Killing is NEWS! Cigar11 Dec 2011 #5

Well, it is good that you've looked behind the curtain, tavalon Dec 2011 #6

Yep, fear sells and is a real profit maker. Fear also swings public opinion and is an RKP5637 Dec 2011 #7

The Mayan elites sacrificed thousands so the sun would rise. Fear has always been power. leveymg Dec 2011 #9

If it bleeds, it leads. RC Dec 2011 #10

You're right, and it's not a good thing. MineralMan Dec 2011 #12

Choose joy. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 #13

Fear is the path of least resistance. Ron Green Dec 2011 #14

I was living in a highrise with other elderly persons when a business owner murdered his girl friend jwirr Dec 2011 #15

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