I got excited for just a split second on the off chance the author meant the Monolith Productions title back in 2005.
Fear is America’s top-selling consumer product
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#12I wanted to complain about the title not really making the right distinction, that fear is not a product but a sales method. However, the author actually understands that distinction and really talks about fear being the product. That also implies that people desire fear and that fear is produced with industrial efficiency. Interesting thought.
>That also implies that people desire fear and that fear is produced with industrial efficiency.
Or, that what people consume and what they desire aren't always the same things.
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#13I would make the argument, with increase in taxes, regulations, and limitation on speech; coercion is the top-selling consumer product. Just my 2 cents.
You haven't made an argument. You've just stated an opinion without providing evidence or reasons that your opinion ought to be considered. The article, by comparison, is well written and provides cogent reasoning.
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#14I wanted to complain about the title not really making the right distinction, that fear is not a product but a sales method. However, the author actually understands that distinction and really talks about fear being the product. That also implies that people desire fear and that fear is produced with industrial efficiency. Interesting thought.
What is most interesting to me is that people do not know what they want or what they are really consuming.
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#15I would make the argument, with increase in taxes, regulations, and limitation on speech; coercion is the top-selling consumer product. Just my 2 cents.
You haven't made an argument. You've just stated an opinion without providing evidence or reasons that your opinion ought to be considered. The article, by comparison, is well written and provides cogent reasoning.
I acknowledge your comment. I didn't have time to go into the level of detail to merit a full argument. Think of it as "manner of speaking".
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#16I would make the argument, with increase in taxes, regulations, and limitation on speech; coercion is the top-selling consumer product. Just my 2 cents.
How are the tax increases, added regulations, and new limits on speech justified? Because for as powerful as politicians are, if they royally piss of their jurisdictions they can still be voted out of office. So how is it they can keep getting away with eroding away these rights? Fear.
Ok, you got me there.
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#17I wanted to complain about the title not really making the right distinction, that fear is not a product but a sales method. However, the author actually understands that distinction and really talks about fear being the product. That also implies that people desire fear and that fear is produced with industrial efficiency. Interesting thought.
>That also implies that people desire fear and that fear is produced with industrial efficiency. Or, that what people consume and what they desire aren't always the same things.
At the very least:
* What people buy * What people want * What people say they want * What people would actually enjoy * ...
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#18A not so convincing conservative (counter) narrative that lumps up the arguably questionable nature of trigger warnings with a russian imposed nuclear doomsday scenario?
That assumption that a russian bomb was merely a copy of the the American effort, spying helped it speed up, but mostly prevented costly mistakes for the soviets is just another example of american exceptionalism.
Would rather watch Adam Curtis' Power of Nightmares again, blaming the culture of fear rightly and mostly on the rise of neoconservatives.
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#19I wanted to complain about the title not really making the right distinction, that fear is not a product but a sales method. However, the author actually understands that distinction and really talks about fear being the product. That also implies that people desire fear and that fear is produced with industrial efficiency. Interesting thought.
Are people looking for fear, or validation for their fears?
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#20Upvoted! I don't even know what is in the article. I just love the headline and I totally agree with it.