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America's Top 10 Fears
While nearly a decade ago, Americans celebrated the arrival of "hope and change", since then "hope" (not to mention "change") has been all but eradicated (if only for the vast majority of the population), and has been replaced with an emotion that is its polar opposite. Fear.
Fear of government corruption (which we were delighted to find in the top spot), fear of terrorist attacks, fear of the NSA, fear of ID theft, fear of cyberterrorists, and even fear of economic collapse... all the way in 8th place.
And yes, "fear of clowns" is in there too.
In an attempt to quantify these fears, the Chapman University Survey of American Fears provides an unprecedented look into the fears of average Americans.
In April of 2015, a random sample of 1,541 adults from across the United States were asked their level of fear about eighty-eight different fears across a huge variety of topics ranging from crime, the government, disasters, personal anxieties, technology and many others.
Domains of Fear
There were 10 major “domains” of fear addressed by the survey, including:
| Fear Domain | Types of Questions Included |
| Crime | Murder, rape, theft, burglary, fraud, identity theft |
| Daily Life | Romantic rejection, ridicule, talking to strangers |
| Environment | Global warming, overpopulation, pollution |
| Government | Government corruption, Obamacare, drones, gun control, immigration issues |
| Judgment of others | Appearance, weight, age, race |
| Man-Made Disasters | Bio-warfare, terrorism, nuclear attacks |
| Natural Disasters | Earthquakes, droughts, floods, hurricanes |
| Personal Anxieties | Tight spaces, public speaking, clowns, vaccines |
| Personal Future | Dying, illness, running out of money, unemployment |
| Technology | Artificial intelligence, robots, cyber-terrorism |
Top Fear Domains, 2015
Each fear question asks Americans to rate their level of fear on a scale ranging from 1 (not afraid) to 4 (very afraid). The average score for each domain of fear provides insight into what types of fear are of greatest concern to Americans in 2015.
On average, Americans expressed the highest levels of fear about man-made disasters, such as terrorist attacks, followed by fears about technology, including corporate and government tracing of personal data and fears about the government (such as government corruption and ObamaCare). The complete, ranked list of Domains of Fear follows:
| Domain of Fear | Average Fear Score (out of 4) |
| Man-Made Disasters | 2.15 |
| Technology | 2.07 |
| Government | 2.06 |
| Environment | 1.97 |
| Personal Future | 1.95 |
| Natural Disasters | 1.95 |
| Crime | 1.72 |
| Personal Anxieties | 1.63 |
| Daily Life | 1.51 |
| Judgment of Others | 1.31 |
Top 10 Fears of 2015
Below is a list of the 10 fears for which the highest percentage of Americans reported being “Afraid,” or “Very Afraid.”
| Fear | Fear Domain | Afraid or Very Afraid |
| Corruption of Government Officials | Government | 58.0% |
| Cyber-terrorism | Technology | 44.8% |
| Corporate Tracking of Personal Information | Technology | 44.6% |
| Terrorist Attacks | Man-Made Disasters | 44.4% |
| Government Tracking of Personal Information | Technology | 41.4% |
| Bio-Warfare | Man-Made Disasters | 40.9% |
| Identity Theft | Crime | 39.6% |
| Economic Collapse | Man-Made Disasters | 39.2% |
| Running of out Money in the Future | Personal Future | 37.4% |
| Credit Card Fraud | Crime | 36.9% |
The Complete List of Fears, 2015
The following is a complete, list of all of the fears addressed by the Chapman Survey of American Fears, Wave 2 (2015), including the percent of Americans who reported being afraid or very afraid.
Sorted by Percent Afraid/Very Afraid
| Fear | Fear Domain | % Afraid or Very Afraid |
| Corruption | Government | 58.0 |
| Cyber-terrorism | Technology | 44.8 |
| Corporate Tracking of Personal Data | Technology | 44.6 |
| Terrorist Attack | Man-made Disasters | 44.4 |
| Government Tracking of Personal Data | Technology | 41.4 |
| Bio-warfare | Man-made Disasters | 40.9 |
| Identity Theft | Crime | 39.6 |
| Economic Collapse | Man-made Disasters | 39.2 |
| Running out of Money | Personal Future | 37.4 |
| Credit Card Fraud | Crime | 36.9 |
| Gun Control | Government | 36.5 |
| War | Man-made Disasters | 35.8 |
| Obamacare | Government | 35.7 |
| Illness | Personal Future | 34.4 |
| Pandemic | Natural Disasters | 34.3 |
| Nuclear Attack | Man-made Disasters | 33.6 |
| Reptiles | Personal Anxieties | 33.0 |
| Meltdown | Man-made Disasters | 32.3 |
| Civil Unrest | Man-made Disasters | 32.0 |
| Tornado | Natural Disasters | 31.4 |
| Global Warming | Environment | 30.7 |
| Grid attack | Man-made Disasters | 29.8 |
| Illegal Immigration | Government | 29.7 |
| Drought | Natural Disasters | 29.4 |
| Robots Replacing Workforce | Technology | 28.9 |
| Public Speaking | Personal Anxieties | 28.4 |
| Property Damage | Natural Disasters | 27.7 |
| Heights | Personal Anxieties | 27.4 |
| Pollution of rivers and streams | Environment | 26.9 |
| Earthquake | Natural Disasters | 26.7 |
| Drunk Driver | Crime | 26.5 |
| Flood | Natural Disasters | 26.5 |
| Hurricane | Natural Disasters | 26.4 |
| Trusting Artificial Intelligence to do work | Technology | 25.8 |
| Insects | Personal Anxieties | 25.5 |
| Blizzard | Natural Disasters | 25.0 |
| Overpopulation | Environment | 24.0 |
| Robots | Technology | 23.9 |
| Unemployment | Personal Future | 23.8 |
| Artificial Intelligence | Technology | 22.2 |
| Break ins | Crime | 22.2 |
| Loneliness | Personal Future | 22.0 |
| Dying | Personal Future | 21.9 |
| Theft | Crime | 21.6 |
| Water | Personal Anxieties | 21.0 |
| Drones | Government | 20.4 |
| Claustrophobia | Personal Anxieties | 19.9 |
| Volcano | Natural Disasters | 19.7 |
| Aging | Personal Future | 19.6 |
| Ponzi Schemes and other financial crimes | Crime | 19.0 |
| Technology I don’t understand | Technology | 19.0 |
| Needles | Personal Anxieties | 18.5 |
| Whites no longer majority | Government | 18.2 |
| Dying | Daily Life | 16.8 |
| Germs | Personal Anxieties | 16.5 |
| Mass Shooting | Crime | 16.4 |
| Walking Along at Night | Daily Life | 16.4 |
| Murder by a stranger | Crime | 16.0 |
| Mugging | Crime | 15.8 |
| Police Brutality | Crime | 15.4 |
| Flying | Personal Anxieties | 15.2 |
| Rape by a stranger | Crime | 14.5 |
| Gangs | Crime | 14.1 |
| Whooping Cough | Personal Anxieties | 13.5 |
| Kidnapping | Crime | 13.0 |
| Mammals (Dogs, rats or other animals) | Personal Anxieties | 12.9 |
| Measles | Personal Anxieties | 12.7 |
| Stalking | Crime | 12.7 |
| Dismissed by Others | Daily Life | 12.5 |
| Blood | Personal Anxieties | 12.2 |
| Hate Crime | Crime | 12.2 |
| Weight | Judgment of Others | 11.4 |
| Rape by someone you know | Crime | 11.3 |
| Murder by someone you know | Crime | 10.9 |
| Ridicule | Daily Life | 10.6 |
| Romantic Rejection | Daily Life | 10.4 |
| Expressing Opinion | Daily Life | 9.7 |
| Ghosts | Personal Anxieties | 9.7 |
| Talking to Stranger | Daily Life | 9.7 |
| Gossip | Daily Life | 9.6 |
| Dark | Personal Anxieties | 9.3 |
| Appearance | Judgment of Others | 8.7 |
| Zombies | Personal Anxieties | 8.5 |
| Vaccines | Personal Anxieties | 8.4 |
| Clowns | Personal Anxieties | 6.8 |
| Age | Judgment of Others | 5.9 |
| Race | Judgment of Others | 5.6 |
| Gender | Judgment of Others | 4.5 |
| Dress | Judgment of Others | 4.2 |
Sorted Alphabetically
| Fear | Fear Domain | % Afraid or Very Afraid |
| Age | Judgment of Others | 5.9 |
| Aging | Personal Future | 19.6 |
| Appearance | Judgment of Others | 8.7 |
| Artificial Intelligence | Technology | 22.2 |
| Bio-warfare | Man-made Disasters | 40.9 |
| Blizzard | Natural Disasters | 25.0 |
| Blood | Personal Anxieties | 12.2 |
| Break ins | Crime | 22.2 |
| Civil Unrest | Man-made Disasters | 32.0 |
| Claustrophobia | Personal Anxieties | 19.9 |
| Clowns | Personal Anxieties | 6.8 |
| Corporate Tracking of Personal Data | Technology | 44.6 |
| Corruption | Government | 58.0 |
| Credit Card Fraud | Crime | 36.9 |
| Cyber-terrorism | Technology | 44.8 |
| Dark | Personal Anxieties | 9.3 |
| Dismissed by Others | Daily Life | 12.5 |
| Dress | Judgment of Others | 4.2 |
| Drones | Government | 20.4 |
| Drought | Natural Disasters | 29.4 |
| Drunk Driver | Crime | 26.5 |
| Dying | Personal Future | 21.9 |
| Dying | Daily Life | 16.8 |
| Earthquake | Natural Disasters | 26.7 |
| Economic Collapse | Man-made Disasters | 39.2 |
| Expressing Opinion | Daily Life | 9.7 |
| Flood | Natural Disasters | 26.5 |
| Flying | Personal Anxieties | 15.2 |
| Gangs | Crime | 14.1 |
| Gender | Judgment of Others | 4.5 |
| Germs | Personal Anxieties | 16.5 |
| Ghosts | Personal Anxieties | 9.7 |
| Global Warming | Environment | 30.7 |
| Gossip | Daily Life | 9.6 |
| Government Tracking of Personal Data | Technology | 41.4 |
| Grid attack | Man-made Disasters | 29.8 |
| Gun Control | Government | 36.5 |
| Hate Crime | Crime | 12.2 |
| Heights | Personal Anxieties | 27.4 |
| Hurricane | Natural Disasters | 26.4 |
| Identity Theft | Crime | 39.6 |
| Illegal Immigration | Government | 29.7 |
| Illness | Personal Future | 34.4 |
| Insects | Personal Anxieties | 25.5 |
| Kidnapping | Crime | 13.0 |
| Loneliness | Personal Future | 22.0 |
| Mammals (Dogs, rats or other animals) | Personal Anxieties | 12.9 |
| Mass Shooting | Crime | 16.4 |
| Measles | Personal Anxieties | 12.7 |
| Meltdown | Man-made Disasters | 32.3 |
| Mugging | Crime | 15.8 |
| Murder by a stranger | Crime | 16.0 |
| Murder by someone you know | Crime | 10.9 |
| Needles | Personal Anxieties | 18.5 |
| Nuclear Attack | Man-made Disasters | 33.6 |
| Obamacare | Government | 35.7 |
| Overpopulation | Environment | 24.0 |
| Pandemic | Natural Disasters | 34.3 |
| Police Brutality | Crime | 15.4 |
| Pollution of rivers and streams | Environment | 26.9 |
| Ponzi Schemes and other financial crimes | Crime | 19.0 |
| Property Damage | Natural Disasters | 27.7 |
| Public Speaking | Personal Anxieties | 28.4 |
| Race | Judgment of Others | 5.6 |
| Rape by a stranger | Crime | 14.5 |
| Rape by someone you know | Crime | 11.3 |
| Reptiles | Personal Anxieties | 33.0 |
| Ridicule | Daily Life | 10.6 |
| Robots | Technology | 23.9 |
| Robots Replacing Workforce | Technology | 28.9 |
| Romantic Rejection | Daily Life | 10.4 |
| Running out of Money | Personal Future | 37.4 |
| Stalking | Crime | 12.7 |
| Talking to Stranger | Daily Life | 9.7 |
| Technology I don’t understand | Technology | 19.0 |
| Terrorist Attack | Man-made Disasters | 44.4 |
| Theft | Crime | 21.6 |
| Tornado | Natural Disasters | 31.4 |
| Trusting Artificial Intelligence to do work | Technology | 25.8 |
| Unemployment | Personal Future | 23.8 |
| Vaccines | Personal Anxieties | 8.4 |
| Volcano | Natural Disasters | 19.7 |
| Walking Along at Night | Daily Life | 16.4 |
| War | Man-made Disasters | 35.8 |
| Water | Personal Anxieties | 21.0 |
| Weight | Judgment of Others | 11.4 |
| Whites no longer majority | Government | 18.2 |
| Whooping Cough | Personal Anxieties | 13.5 |
| Zombies | Personal Anxieties | 8.5 |
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Government corruption? There's corruption in government?
-Argenta
Hah! Clowns - 6.8%. Yeah, I hate clowns too.
If we had zombie clowns, 15% of the population would be paralyzed with fear!
Economic collapse? Hell, I don't fear that I look forward to it. Erase this economic mess we are in!
The Constitution is ignored by government civilian leadership and the military.
Corruption is now.
America's top 10 list:
#1) Zero Hedge turns into "The View".
OH!
Another one to the list: The FED hiking the interest rate to 1%
I’m pretty sure that if I ever sober up I will find something to be fearful about.
The Reptiles made the list
Bio-Warfare, terrorism and Nuclear Attacks are conveniently called Man Made Disasters instead of War.
Nice manipulation for the Progressives as in Man Made Kind of Disasters, like AGW, etc.
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Everyone has fears. We all do. The issue is how do we control these fears. Do we simply exercise personal control over our fears or do we organize to demand effective action from the government to establish fear-mitigation regimes -- the latter being the organizational hallmark of preference in the modern world.
I know what you're thinking. No one can possibly address all the fears on that list. The world is a big, scary place to be sure. We simply can't acknowledge and manage every fear in a scientific way. But with computers growing in exponential power every day, these fears that the world will not be able to address every fear will fade into insignificance as every person will be assigned a custom-tailored fear-management software package to address zer every fear (zer=gender neutral pronoun).
My greatest fear at the moment has to do with unmoderated comments sections of popular websites. Peeps attacking other peeps for dissenting opinions. Soon all these lonely, dark places will be exposed to the light of reason and rationally responsive calls to eliminate their excesses.
Fear Fear Domain Afraid or Very Afraid Corruption of Government Officials Government 58.0% Cyber-terrorism Technology 44.8% Corporate Tracking of Personal Information Technology 44.6% Terrorist Attacks Man-Made Disasters 44.4% Government Tracking of Personal Information Technology 41.4% Bio-Warfare Man-Made Disasters 40.9% Identity Theft Crime 39.6% Economic Collapse Man-Made Disasters 39.2% Running of out Money in the Future Personal Future 37.4% Credit Card Fraud Crime 36.9% ------
Bullshit. Should read: Government Government Technology Government Government Government Crime Government Personal Future Crime
I have two big fears:
1) That government doesn't fear the people enough.
2) That people don't fear the government enough.
We are doomed until fear of Psychopaths in Power is at the top of the list. Until then, the rest is all just bullshit.
What about 'fear itself'?
That's the one to truly fear.
It's only natural that 'government corruption' & 'clowns' appear together.
Footnote: 'Dentists' didn't appear on the list, so is it safe to say that people are more afraid of government clowns than they are about a trip to the dentist?
All hail King Ryan...
He doesn't work weekends.
.....because everything is working flawlessly.
Lets' be perfectly clear: All "terrorists" are trained and funded funded by some government, so all terrorism is "government". Thus, all acts of "terrorism" are in fact political acts. They are acts of government policy, or government-wannabee policy.
So all fear of terrorism is fear of government. Since "government" is about claiming a legal monoploy on the use of force, it is not a stretch to say that living under government is living under a constant threat of force, and thus government is terrorism.
False
Expectations
Appearing
Real!
I fear the fear mongers. Selling irrational fear is cowardly deception. Our lives are safer in so many ways and our standards of living so much better, it is irrational to fear the future. The media sells fear. They profit from it.
marketing is based on inducing panoramic fear as well as disatisfaction with self
I gave you an up vote for what its worth. You started out with a well thought out, heart felt post but you lost me at the last paragraph. I'm assuming your kinda new around here because if you have been here any time at all you would realize that ZH isnt like any other information website on the web. There are no Nazi moderators around here and you will find that there is little to no attacking of people with dissenting opinions in the comments section.
the fuck there isnt you cocksucker lol
See, Shapely, I told you how it is around here in the below comment.
Hmmm, Shapely, are you a girl? and are you shapely, as your name suggests?
also, if you're a cs, as the commenter above claims, that's okay too if you're a girl. and I won't judge you if you're a boy. hehe.
Thank you, your up vote means a lot to me.
I've actually been around ZH for almost five years. I've been trying to slowly build a groundswell of support. So far it's kind of hit-and-miss.
The other commenters at ZH (you and I excluded of course) are sort of lively trolls, many of them. You would be astonished at some of the responses I've received -- even a death threat here and there. But I roll with the punches and keep coming back for moar (even my spelling has become affected at times.)
i would choke you to death with my dick. but you would probably like it
See Shapely, I told you, watch yourself arouind here. Trolls all around.
You really believe that the comments section here on ZH is unmoderated?
LMAO
There is a list of banned users...there are a plethora of them.
You must be one of the most shallow and naive commenters which i have ever encountered here, troll.
You do not understand that there is there is two types of moderation, both passive and active?
The banned users are the EVIDENCE that this Comment Board is passively moderated.
And until you host your own website you really have not any position to even write about this.
YOU ARE A GUEST HERE, as I am a guest here. THIS IS NOT YOUR HOUSE, PAL.
You are really out of line.
Watch Fight Club and understand the underlying theme of this place, troll.
Well this accidentally became a double post. So I will erase the double comment and post some more about the topic fear.
That was certainly a long list of fears. I didn't read it all. I was afraid I would start laughing and wouldn't be able to stop.
Are you sincere Sarcasm is the weapon of cowards.
Real TOP fear?
US PRIVATE debt. It grew $10 trillion dollars in 5 YEARS.
https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/TCMDO
Yes, I'm afraid we have fears.
you should be more worried about me shoving a 44mag into your rectum
We are living creatures. We only want to survive. Food, water, breathable air, ability to work, pay the rent, reproduce, die with dignity.
IS THAT ASKING TOO FUCKING MUCH?
That depends...
You do not live in China, do you?
Or maybe Afghanistan?
That is asking for way too much over there...for the vast majority.
Are you any better?
Yeah...It depends.
too many people...
fear of death...
YES!
~""I’m pretty sure that if I ever sober up I will find something to be fearful about."~
I'll drink to that.
Down voted you. This is fight club big boy. (lois leaner aside)
I fear the polling sample was too small ;-)
"Don't be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell." Mathew 10:28
1999 was year the movie Fight Club came out. Rogue element collapsing financial structures prior to 9.11.2001, eh. Worst case, this is Federal Reserve encouraging PM purchases so the Fed can confiscate the products when this heist wraps up.
Either nobody gets hurt, or they tell us nobody got hurt. The lil' Lewbowski junior achievers club can not abide another toe.
Also Monica's last name is in the ZH spell check but the dudes is not. along those lines Ben bernake was on the CNN fareed show today.
Fucking bullshit, I guess "EBT running out" was not a fucking otpion.
Joker Joker Devil.
"I'll take "WTF happened to entitelements" for a can of peas Chuck".
I'd like to solve the puzzle - GOLD BITCHEZ
Hilarious!
Where's the study of what Americans think of building 7?
Logged in to vote you up.
Why fear something that will never happen?
Damn, anyone got one of those nice pretty new hand cranks so I can get rid of my double post problem.
"DP it only hurts for a little while" - Fonestar
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/10/24/dea-agents-caught-in-colombian-pro...
They're just being paid off to keep quiet about all the child sacrifices and molesting by the Muslim in Chief when he was down there at the same time.
Prostitution is just one of the sacrifices you have to make as a DEA Agent. Nobody said the job was going to be easy.
I suspect they were actually interviewing them for local intelligence. You know, you have to pay for their time no matter what they do or don't do.
Not a smidgeon of corruption in my mind.
No mention of rothchilds, rockerfellar, warburg et al. How convenient
"If we had zombie clowns, 15% of the population would be paralyzed with fear!"
We do. There are thousands of ZC's in Washington DC. Unfortunately no seems to notice.
~"If we had zombie clowns, 15% of the population would be paralyzed with fear!"~
Maybe, but not for long. You overlook the 43% who tote Glocks and would simply whip one out and double tap them flesh-eating bad boys. Anyway, those 15% are all liberals. What did you expect? You might as well cap them too, seeing as they'll be turned into walking zombie meat as well since they don't have a clue as to how to defend themselves. Consider it pre-de-zombie-fying. (Put that in your pipe and smoke it!)
I fear the government has been taken over by Corrupt Zombie Clowns.
Clowns should be categorized under Government. Evil, treasonous, criminal, homicidal, clowns that they all are. That would make it a legitimate fear. ;-)
"That would make it a legitimate fear. ;-)"
True that. But you wanna know what is a greater than that fear and also a enigma wrapped up in a tamale?
Fear the idiots that voted for the criminal corrupted ass-wipe politicians that portend themselves to be leaders. There should have been, a voted for another corrupted politician category. Also a call me stupid for even thinking of voting for the witch hag hitlery of the north-east hell.
They left out Clowns on Acid. That should really scare folks!
"Hah! Clowns - 6.8%. Yeah, I hate clowns too."
Only adults think clowns entertain children. Children don't.
Clowns are creepy (including John McCain).
Not a "smidgeon of corruption" anywhere. Lois Lerner, a little bad management, nothing illegal. Jon Corzine, the same. Fast and Furious, just bad judgment. DEA hookers, all in the line of duty. FBI hacking hostile reporters, just a little overzealous, no damage done.
NSA listening to you is for your own good along with the TSA professional gropers. Add DEA, ICE, IRS, and a hundred other police and enforcement agencies...all with guns and you suddenly wake up to the idea it is all in the best interests of us, the good citizens of the USA. Do not resist, just submit and it will all work out for the best. Get your mind right and realize that govenment control equals individual liberty. A million bad things would happen every single day if not for the nice government enforcer there to invisibly and occassionally visibly protect you from others.
Where are rednecks, the category pick? Fear of rednecks and neighborhoood militia?
Feck. Where y'al from? Where y'al been?
Will viewers skip A&E’s ‘Buried Alive’ ratings stunt? Network plans to trap three people underground for live television eventhttp://tinyurl.com/otwlomh
Corruption at the top? That's wise.
The jig is up.
We're on to them -and they know it.
That may not be a good thing. They may start to eliminate those they don't need.
good.
then we'll start to eliminate them.
Define fear...
Maybe they'll talk about some subject after they've seen a movie about it but in general people don't fear that much besides their job, money if they live paycheck to paycheck and other typical day to day things.
Maybe their biggest fear is a loss of internet connection and their electricity being cut off by a event so they can't charge their phones or tablets.
If they feared so much, people would prepare and only a few do.
Remember the 60's, 70,s and 80's? People dug bunckers and prepared. In the 90's the said fuck it and started living like there's no tomorrow and spend alike. That never stopped. Tomorrow may be something to think about but next year is way way in the future and "our government will solve all future problems".
I fear Fear.
I feared you would say that..
My largest fear is having no idea what time it is.
I'm now scared of the Fear List.
And, I think I peed my pants.
I fear that I dont fear...
I fear that the newly constructed Meth lab next door is going to blow up at any given time. I also fear the dozen tweakers that hang around new Meth lab are going to break in to my house while I'm at work and steal all my shit. I also fear the lack of cop presence around said Meth lab might be another problem.
Other than that, everything is pretty good.
Please stop .... I have Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, Thanks
Wouldn't a Taint Boil fear pricks?
Corrupt politicians, oh, the list covered that. Never mind.
"As I was walking down the street one day. A mulatto came up to me and asked me what the time was....
https://www.google.com/search?q=does+anybody+really+know+what+time+it+is...
Itself
On the contrary. Fear is the most powerful tool others use to get you to conform to their will. Most people do not have fear on their conscious minds as they go through their daily lives but fear dictates the choices we make all day long. This happens without us being aware that others have dictated our choices through persistant reinforcing messages.
One of the greatest fears is expressed as "I'm only one person. I can't change anything!" So you go along with your head down trying not to be noticed. How do you think that train of thought got put in your head? I'll bet it wasn't because of your experiences of getting whacked when you tried. It is because you were conditioned to be too afraid to try.
I do not consent.
I am not a "legal person".
Zombies made the list. At least these college types are thinking clearly.
Government corruption? Say it isn't so.
Hey! Isn't government supposed to HELP us, and isn't technology supposed to SAVE us?
What are the odds of hitting such a high percentage of Luddite anarchists in a survey?
How about :
TSA
Local government survellience
Running out of money
Leaking roof
Car breakdown
Drones
I'm a YELP food critic.
I fear boogers and cum.
Nobody has mentioned midgets yet. (?)
They freak me out.
yeah, and antique furniture. compliments of doyle hargrave (slingblade)
Okay.
You're not yet 12 years old, right?
I dont see main stream media propaganda on the list. The people should fear this one.
Ex-wives, then Wives, then Girlfriends, PM storage, then cancer, then asteroids.
All the rest are just perturbations and ass pains, not really worth the worry.
What, no mention of:
Spooky action at a distance due to quantum entaglement?
Inflationary cosmology implying an infinte multiverse and thus destroying the illusion of freewill?
Ultimate thermal death of the universe and evaporation of all black holes due to the aceeleration of spacetime expansion?
And we think Americans are well informed.
I don't see Hillary name on the list ?
Clinton = Corrupt Govenment.
She's leading in one poll this week...
If they are afraid of government corruption than why vote for parties that increase government???? It's madness
They vote out of fear of even worse outcomes if they do not.
They know they can't do nothing and expect change.
Soon they will give up on voting out of fear and act outside of the conventions of the democratic travesty.
Europe is further along.
Greece and and Catalonia and Portugal are waking up to the fact that their voting doesn't matter in the least to the Oligarchy.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11949701/AEP-Eurozone-cross...
Soon the migrants within Germany will lose patience with their hosts and begin to make demands, and the Germans will lose patience with their guests and close the gates on the migrant flood and begin to try to determine exactly who has been ushered into their nation.
..About then I expect that all hell is gonna break loose all over Europe...
The Greeks aren't waking up, the got woke the fuck up with a bucket of ice water a few months ago.
She's in there - one of the more accomplished at government corruption - likely worth quite a few percentage points.
Political parties use fear to get you to vote. What if they had an election and nobody came? This would indicate they no longer had power over your fearful insecurities. Fear is the most powerful tool others use to get you to conform to their will.
I do not consent.
I am not a "legal person".
Turn off your god damned TVs. How do you think the most powerful subliminal fear messages get planted in your subconscious. It is TV, movies, radio, newspapers.
So they can get a little I VOTED shirt sticker?
The only thing we have to fear is............gov corruption?
people don't care how they look or about their weight. this poll seems correct.
nobody worried about cancer
Race is one of the lowest. Maybe because systemic racism brought to you by the government ended 50 years ago. Yet somehow Jesse Jackson can survive without ever having a real job.
"Whites no longer majority Government 18.2"
Any white who is not afraid is mesmerized by the Televitz.
While paleskin liberals deserve what is coming I do feel very sorry for the Whites, who brainwashed by the System conglomerate are as helpless as their bovine compatriots.
The NRA will fall. It’s inevitable. Just look at the demographics. The Washington Post, October 19, 2015
by Adam Winkler professor at UCLA School of Law
See also:
Jews and Jewish organizations lead the gun control campaign
Jews and Gun Control: A Reprise by Andrew Joyce, Ph.D.
Could it POSSIBLY be an ILLEGAL MEXICAN involved? Will they tell us?
Radioactive materials stolen: Los Alamos National Laboratory
I live in a blue-collar, lower-middle-class rental apts neighborhood.
From my front apt, within 200 yards, I know there are 10 different ethnic groups represented, I can point out where each lives. Identifiably different to me is not the strongest measure, so there are probably more. But I can begin with the Russian-speaking Cambodian surgeon across the street, the Pakistanis below him and to our left, Mexican and black behind us, ME I think Syrian or Lebanese behind us, Indian above us, Chinese and Mexican to our right. Vietnamese further down the block.
We get along fine. Dog walkers recognize most everyone, everyone is friendly, will stop to talk. We don't exactly know each other, but I know the names of people in adjacent apts and buildings, recognize others. Bits of reputation get around in casual comments, interesting to watch.
It is not a white-vs anybody problem it is a problem of governments screwing everything up. If anyone thinks they live in a culture that is even close to good for human minds, they are probably Amish or one of the remaining hunter-gatherer tribes. Those are the last that don't have a problem of drug addiction, suicide, violence by young men against their own societies. Those things have to be blamed on our modern world, Amish don't have them. It is not an accident that the Amish do not allow their children to go past 8th grade, and that they would take them out earlier than that, if they could.
I am not Amish, but we took out kid out of school 7th grade. Language tutors, music, dance, soccer. He decided on everything else, which include many many many hours of games, Youtube on everything. At 19, he is by far the best educated of the people we know of his age, and by far the most grown up. Not just our judgment, perfect as our judgments are.
https://thinkpatriot.wordpress.com/2015/10/24/lebowski-enlightenment-a/
You all keep accepting MSM as a valid bringer-of-ideas, definer-of-problems.
The first question is "Do we have any sources of thought completely independent of hidden influence", not "Do we have a problem of multiple cultures" or any of the other questions they define for us.
If they can define the question, they don't have to care about the answer. 100 years of scientific study and practice on their side, accumulated experience and measures of effectiveness, the relationships of PR firms and editors and writers and academics are a major system that work upon and originate flows that end up in all of our minds.
Trust them to be working in your favor?
Citizens of the United States fear their own Corrupt Government more than bio-logical or nuclear war, more than terrorism or crime, more than natural disasters, more than poverty, more than aging, more than dying.
What do YOU think the biggest problem facing the Citizens of the United States might be?
The People have spoken.
It is time to rescind ALL other priorities and commit all available resources on a WAR Against Corrupt Government.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/185720/half-continue-say-gov-immediate-threat...
How about committing resources on something that is not a war in any sense? Or not committing resources in the size of a war?
WWII never ended completely, in the sense of major committment of resources. On top of WWI that never ended, too
woar rhymes with moar
De-mobilization of Government is a step to ending WAR.
Dismantling of private Central Banking is a step to ending WAR.
Prohibition against deficit spending is a step to ending WAR.
IF a Government cannot borrow it is very likely that it cannot go to WAR or sustain it for long.
People will not be productive and hand their earnings over to the MIC/War Profitieers for very long without extreme cause.
People will not throw their Sons into the inferno of WAR if the economy is sound and they are not threatened.
Firm control of Monetary and Fiscal Policies are key to ending the plunder of the Oligarchies and Nationless Banksters that is called WAR.
It IS the corruption of government that is the prime instigation of WAR.
Corruption and deficit spending/debt are the raw fuel of WAR.
Hard to fight a war without fiat and central banks.
Maybe that's the place to start.
The War of Northern Aggression isn't over by a long shot. Free Shit America needs to break into at least 4 countries.
Stop being a citizen of the United States. When government uses the term "United States" it means the Federal Corporation which has its principal head quarters in D.C.. That corporation has taken over every government entity in every State and Territory. They have done this by a slow process of fraud for over one hundred years. Now you have been incorporated into their system.
Fear is the most powerful tool others use to get you to conform to their will.
I do not consent.
I am not a "legal person".
Turn off your god damned TVs. How do you think the most powerful subliminal fear messages get planted in your subconscious. It is TV, movies, radio, newspapers.
" It is TV, movies, radio, newspapers."
You forgot interwebs.
It is hard to replace old-fashioned death control systems with better death controls. It is IMPOSSIBLE to have NO death control systems whatsoever, as long as any life continues to survive. It is hard to replace governments operating as the biggest forms of organized crime with governments that are better organized crime. It is IMPOSSIBLE to have NO organized crime, and therefore, it is IMPOSSIBLE to have NO governments, as long as any life continues to survive.
That 58% of Americans recognize Corrupt Governments as their greatest threat is a correct assessment of the degree to which their Governments are dominated by Deep State Shadow Governments. Clearly, after the international banksters recaptured control over the American public "money" supply, then there was NO REAL DEMOCRACY, but rather, runaway plutocracy, where the greatest source of "wealth" for those plutocrats was their ability to dominate POLITICAL FUNDING, resulting in governments ENFORCING FRAUDS by privately controlled banks.
Those vicious spirals of POLITICAL FUNDING ENFORCING FRAUDS have resulted in A FAKE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, within which systems it was possible for that social situation to develop to the point where 58% of those surveyed would correctly recognize that Corrupt Government was what they should be most afraid of! (Furthermore, that is pretty well universally the case everywhere else in the world, more or less, since Neolithic Civilizations' social pyramid systems were always based on the ability to back up lies with violence developing at an exponential rate.)
The deeper problems are the degree to which the vast majority of people have been brainwashed to believe in bullshit, and therefore, tend to want to continue to believe in bullshit. Indeed, the degree to which bullshit has been built into the dominate natural languages and philosophy of science makes it practically IMPOSSIBLE for people to think in sufficiently different ways, and even more IMPOSSIBLE to communicate in sufficiently different ways:
HOW AND WHY
DID THAT HAPPEN,
"GOVERNMENTS"
ARE THE BIGGEST FORMS OF ORGANIZED CRIME
CONTROLLED BY THE BEST ORGANIZED GANGS?
Continuing to analyze those social facts using the same old false fundamental dichotomies continues to result in promoting bogus "solutions" based upon impossible ideals, which always backfire badly, and cause the opposite to happen in the real world, because that is being done by controlled opposition groups, which stay within the same frame of reference that was originally made and maintained by the biggest bullies' bullshit world views.
"WAR Against Corrupt Government."
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INTENSE PARADOXES ABOUND THERE!!!
ergo the only war that is paradox-free is the war on over-population??? (MEAN's head explodes lol)
Q:If more than half of people say they are very afraid of gov't corrupt...why do they vote for candidates promising more gov't??
A: They plan to benefit from the corruption.
People employed as lottery workers supposedly aren't allowed to play.
It's nice to see the citizens are becoming afraid of the correct things. This is instead of what the morning news programs what us to be afraid of, i.e. kidnapping of young white girls, the new trendy drug being used in the clubs, and school bus accidents.
So "global warming" is only 21 on the list -- and 8 positions below fear of Obamacare. Ungrateful serfs, more re-education is needed.
Yet corruption of government officials is #1 fear, and of course corruption of government officials has driven the "global warming" hysteria promoted by, drum roll, none other than government officials.
Who owns the government officials?
Did I miss the 'fear' question of being afraid of getting shot by Middle Class White Republican Males who are members of the NRA and own an assault rifles?
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Does anyone else find this "Fear of Government Corruption" as the top fear, fishy?
I'm calling ßµ££$?φ on this.
Just doesn't feel right.
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It is correct.
Think about getting into your private automobile and hitting the public rights of way. Are you not worried about some commercial traffic violation that an armed public official will stop you for and make demands that you are afraid not to comply with??
Traffic is commerce. A motor vehicle is a commercial conveyance. An automobile is a private conveyance. A passenger is one who pays a driver to transport him to another location.
Go to court and the lawyers, judges, and the police are all public officials. They ignore your rights and threaten you into agreeing to be disciplined by them. The lower courts are administrative, ignore the Constitution and Supreme Court decisions. They are acting for the benefit of the holders of the debt of the bankrupt Federal Government.
I do not consent.
I am not a "legal person".
I am a traveler, not a driver.
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I get what you're saying. Maybe I'm just so numb to it, sort of figuring that's what's always been like, this corruption and crap from the government.
But then, if people are really that worried about it—Is this study new, or has this fear been hear all along?—then we are facing a very serious shift in how people view their government and might be a serious precursor to radical civil unrest -> strife -> revolution?
I just find this shocking that people would see this in the large amount that they do, as most really don't have much interaction with society that would expose them to this.
Maybe it's a media driven thing, with the news getting out about so many transgressions by the government and authorities?
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Where's "fear of being forced to listen to your kid learn how to play the bagpipes"?
Oh wow. I feel so.... Out of touch. My biggest fear has always been having a BHD*
* BHD = bad hair day
No, actually, my biggest fear is my gun jams at the wrong time.
BHD comes pretty low down the Donald's list!
My biggest fear is being locked in a windowless room and having Katy Perry music being piped in 24 hours a day.
Fear of carnies didn't even make the list?!
You know, circus people. Small hands, smell like cabbage?
My deepest fear is that there is an afterlife and that all of this stupidity and profanity will persist after I die. Other than that, I'm good...no fear.
I fear grant money scammers--especially those that steal public money to release statistics on fear.
Hello?
Hello?
... Dad... can I come back home?
I dont fear anything...the government will take care of my health, I have flouride in the water for my teeth, my budget is ok with GMO food, not worried about crime because I can call 911, the police will protect me, not worried about natural disasters because NASA will warn me ahead of time and FEMA will bring me food, the politicians have to be corrupt sometimes to protect our country and keep it strong so I trust them, overpopulation is not a problem the bankers are already taking care of that, chemtrails to fix global warming, if I dont like my looks I can change my sexual appearance with free obamacare, I dont mind living in my moms basement, not worried about the economy because i have an EBT card, plenty of porn websites (I saw a clown doing a transgender hah), hillary clinton will fix the middle class, and just think how easy life will be when I get a chip in my hand or forehead. life is good, I dont know why people are worried. I have more but American Idol is on and I need to watch the democrat debate I missed, but I recorded it for later...Aint technology wonderful?
ZH scares the hell out of me
The more one learns
the worse that gets!
Isn't there enough democrats in America that "Having to pay for things" should be on the list?
Here's some more 'bogeyman propaganda'.
It just goes to show, there's no such thing as red vs blue team politics, as this piece of shite came from the N.Y.T.
Russian Presence Near Undersea Cables Concerns U.S. - The New York Times
The informed voters know how full of shit the Obunga administration is, so now they have to go after the unemployed, internet addicted, low information masses to spread their fear.
If skippy can't play games with all his friends in other countries, from the comfort of his basement all hell is going to break loose. </sarc>
Goverment courrption? Think its time for an outsider as President? I do!
That would require a Joe the Plumber.
Wasn't he the lead guide on the Watergate break in?
(It is funny when the MSM throws it in your face and most just do not get the joke...)
Why are more Americans concerned about corporate spying than government spying? Who gives a shit if Walmart has my information? Oh no, they might send me junk mail! When is the last time a company has caused an American to flee the country and seek asylum in Russia?
As an example of how screwed up society is in the USA almost 7% of the population (about 21,000,000 people) are afraid or very afraid of CLOWNS. Maybe they are really talking about the people in CONgress . . .
Perhaps they mean Insane Clown Posse?
I don't understand because the Juggalo Homies seems to have the right anti-establishment slant:
American Juggalo: https://vimeo.com/29589320
With God absent from the top of the list, the rest of the list becomes utterly unsuprising.
I fear I don't have enough ammo. Or enough batteries for the night scope.
Love these comments...ZH people have poison-ality and an excellent sense of humor. Years of posting on sites like Paul Krugman's NYT blog have left me scarred. Government drones have a) no personality, and b) no sense of humor...not to mention being dishonest, hypocritical and just generally creepy.
Truth is, my sentiments were with the left because I grew up poor and feel a kind of solidarity with ordinary people, i.e., the kind drafted into armies and sent to die in wars of empire they'll never hope to understand. Unfortunately, like George Orwell, I've been forced to recognize that the left is even more malevolent than the right and that is saying something. Basically, the left is a lynch mob pretending to be a friend of the people and on the side of the good, like a pederast priest...
Its hard not to be able to visualize a high probability of something major happening just based on the visual length of the list. Many people seem to be afraid for good reason? I find it appropriate that good old Gov is right there at the top, right where it needs to be.
When we fear our government the most..... are we able to cut their benefits and pay due to lack of performance? If not, then why not? We are afraid of the people we pay to rule us? Wow, something is backwards here.
Chapman University......
I fear,,, fear.
My number one fear?
Taxes , Debt and Insurance premiums.
Number two fear?
EMP/Solar Flare
Number three fear?
All the people starving and turning violent after Fear number two happens.
Number four fear?
That everything stays exactly the way it is now.