Things the State Wants Us to Be Scared Of

Miscellaneous General
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There seems to be a long list of stuff the government wants us to be scared of.

I have trouble keeping up sometimes:

  • the flu…bird flu, h1n1…flu in general…

  • terrorism…it can strike from anywhere…from anyone…even from home grown terrorists…

  • economic collapse…prices could fall so low everyone would go crazy…prices could rise too high…jobs can be lost…greedy businessmen and bankers could steal billions of our dollars…

  • snakeoil salesmen…they could sell us something that could harm us…or worse…kill us…

  • vitamins and supplements…they could harm us and even kill us if we are not careful about what we purchase…

the list goes on and on…

please add some more…

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Not using a government-approved bank for anything to do with money.

Using money that isn’t government-approved.

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Tues. 10/03/23 11:31 EDT
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  • AIDS
  • “mental illness”
  • “global warming”
  • “hate speech”
  • suicide
  • free access to drugs
  • guns
  • polygamy
  • unpasteurized milk
  • cigarettes
  • “anarchy”
  • “unprotected” sex
  • “porous” borders
  • smuggling
  • liberty

ATTRIBUTION: H. L. MENCKEN,
'Women as Outlaws," A Mencken Chrestomathy, p. 29 (1949). This essay was first published in The Smart Set, December 1921.

Why is Africa Poor?
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Deflation and high interest rates.