Fear is a natural human emotion that guarantees our survival, but when it is carried to the extreme it has the ability to condition people’s thoughts, emotions and behaviors. others and make them think, feel and act exactly as they wish.
Historically, those who detain power have resorted to fear to subjugate the conscience of those under his command; in its simplest expression, fear is placed in the mind of the person through physical punishment, which threatens the integrity or life of the person.
- Beatings.
- Deprivation or pain are tools used throughout history to punish the careless.
- To achieve the subjugation of enemies.
- Or to keep alive a latent threat among those who obey.
“Power tends to corrupt, absolute power completely corrupts. “- Lord Acton-
But, controlling some domestics on your property, as in medieval times, is quite different from keeping large crowds under control right now.
Many could escape these physical punishments, because it would be impossible to detect all the acts that go against power, or apply punishments to those who face them, so the current power has become much more sophisticated, it is no longer a matter of repressing some people who have become uncontrollable, but of putting in place mechanisms that guarantee the obedience of the majority.
Right now fear is an emotion that is massively installed in people’s minds, it is a diffuse and imprecise fear that arises from the recognition of hundreds of latent threats, although there is no accurate data on danger, the risks are not entirely clear and, as a result, fear settles and invades our emotional life without us noticing. A more specific name for this type of fear is “anxiety”.
Basically, what we feel is fear of living and, “unintentionally or voluntarily,” we face that fear “being obedient. “Between consciously and unconsciously, we respect the orders imposed upon us; we’re trying to get to the herd. We are rebels in a submissive way: we are superseded in a football match, but few have the inner freedom to play aloud and fight for what you have always dreamed of.
Many are even able to waive their rights in exchange for an alleged state of greater security. Politicians know this and therefore justify reducing rights and freedoms with a threat.
Health services are limited so as not to generate a financial crisis, if they collect more tax it is to guarantee their old-age pension, if they allow police to enter their home without a warrant it is to avoid terrorist threats. why they say politicians promise us dreams, but they act like nightmare conspirators.
Today’s world is not exactly a song that exalts harmony and brotherhood, but it is also not the dirty sewer that news and the press show us every day, the main media have specialized in making crime, violence and corruption the only reality. this is true, but there are also millions of good and honest people who simply want to live in peace.
But to sustain themselves, power needs anxious and anxious people, because an anxious person is vulnerable and people who feel vulnerable feel instead of thinking, and when the person feels un thoughtless, he becomes easy prey to the fear that dwells within him and accepts. the unacceptable: live useless conversations on a mobile device, love the muscles of the body, assist five teachers to feel competent or obsessively seek great love, believe that all this will bring them the happiness they desire.
There are professionals who are frightened and distressed. There is no employee who is not afraid to be fired, because in most companies the ghost of?Cutting the template scares employees.
Few mothers can easily educate their children: there is a threat of paedophiles, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and thousands more, we all face the uncertainty of the next imbalance that will lead to war, or the next irresponsible that will change. the rules of the game and get us out of it.
Why punish with punishment?For that, there is the factory of fear, to teach us that we cannot take control of our lives. There are threats beyond our responsiveness, and that justifies the fact that there are hundreds of repugnant positions of power.