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Originally posted by cluck
The answer he gave was to not have a media that plays up the idea that we live in a violent society. Society's not getting more violent, in fact it's getting far less violent. It's not healthy to have a society full of people who live with their defense up 24/7.
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He wasn't saying that more than the media, for the vast majority, is only selling fear.
"You could die looking at something in your room right now! News at 10."
"America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."
George W. Bush
Fear makes you buy things you don't need. Fear motivates you for all sorts of things.