(ANTIMEDIA) When I first learned of the recent attacks in Paris, a chill went down my spine. “No,” I thought, “This is all happening too fast.” I was terrified. I was not terrorized, mind you. What happened in Paris was tragic, of course. But I was not so ignorant and innumerate as to think the kind of violence it represented was a statistically
Nothing To Fear But The Fearful Themselves
History demonstrates that governments are capable of mass murder and enslavement far beyond what rogue militants can muster. Industrial-scale terrorists are the ones who wear ties, chevrons, and badges. But such terrorists are a powerless few without the supine acquiescence of the terrorized many. There is nothing to fear but the fearful themselves.