Fear as THE mind killer.

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Fear as the Mind killer.

As Mr Frank Herbert noted in his “ Dune’ series of books “Fear is the Mind killer.”

I’ve been reading more of some magazines found in da attic.
Here’s a bit of a summary.
“There appears to be a tendency with the current war on terror to see enemies everywhere even where they don’t exist. There are some worrying tendencies with the type of thinking that espouses ‘you’re either for us or against us.”

The use of ‘ terror tactics’ as a political tool also appears to be on the increase not just in the USA but all around the world. It appears that governments can reduce the ability of contrary views by simply implying or outright stating that such views give ‘succour to the enemy”.

In some cases it has become very unclear just who the enemy is .

Other examples of societies that have relied upon keeping their citizens in a perpetual state of fear and ignorance include Nazi germany and Stalinist Russia.

In these thankfully defunct societies any dissent was usually crushed before others could be influenced by such”free’ thoughts. eg anything which questioned the official line or what we now see as propaganda.

Such tactics reduce or eliminate the ability for any middle ground and their aims are usually total power for the ‘free mind’ fearing perpetrators. Now they just call you crazy or perverted a weirdo etc..

These tactics also tend to polarise opinion and belief and in so doing are very capable of creating the very events and mental atmospheres which were originally feared. Such self creating prophesies tend to blur the minds ability to determine where this all came from in the first place.

Other examples of such polarity creation and it’s direction against ‘the enemy’ include :
--the persecution of the Jews in Nazi germany.
--attacks against environmentalists who may lower corporate profits
--the censoring of alternative views in the media

This can often go under the guise of giving the people what they want. What some people often manage to forget is that this is what they’ve been told to want...either by peer pressure (any-one thinking different must be delusional etc) or by fear & terror closing down their reasoning faculties.

The spreading of fear and false information can end up creating a population unable to tell the difference between an enemy and a friend. From some studies such an environment can historically produce an isolationist mindset (hide behind a missile barrier) or a Empire creation get out there and get them before they get us type way of thinking.
Such pre-emptive strike mentality is now being used by governments around the world against their own free thinking citizens by muting and silencing dissenting voices in the media and in society. The re-emergence of bigots in the media as spokes people is another indication of such tactics.

When seen from a simple citizens perspective such thinking looks about on the mental level of that bully in the sandpit at the playground that a lot of us may have dealt with as children.


In some countries social services have been drastically reduced further broadening the gap between rich and poor. The poor often aren’t organised enough to run a Tvbroadcasting or other media network to proclaim their own often alternative views.

Thanks Mr Herbert for putting it so simply.... Fear really could become more than just the mind killer....for some out there it has already become THE killer and something worthy of real fear .....unreasoned anti -terror fear based reactionary politics wielded by perhaps well meaning but sadly semi-deficient emotionally impaired ( but usually very rich ) politicians the world over.

Whose gonna pick up the pieces this time? Humpty dumpty??

These old books are great if a bit dusty .... Sadly it’s getting harder to find such contrary views in our current media.