Originally posted by carpedm9587
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I would add that it's also pretty easy to see how fear leads to a lot of conservative political positions, e.g. criminals are scary because they might hurt me, therefore we need to be tough on crime and put dangerous criminals in prison for as long as possible, and I need a gun for self defense; other nations are scary because they might invade us, therefore our military being 10x what theirs is and us having 900+ military bases around the world isn't enough, we need to spend even more on defense; immigrants coming in might commit crimes and that's scary so we need to vet them more carefully and have less immigrants; I'm afraid that incoming immigrants might take my job; I'm afraid that my religious liberties might be taken away therefore we need more religious liberty laws; I'm afraid that white people are gradually losing power in this country; etc.
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