If anyone hasn’t seen it, a documentary that I feel relates to this topic is “The Power of Nightmares” a BBC film in three parts, produced by Adam Curtis. It is about how fear is used to control people and for political gain. It can be watched or downloaded from the internet.
One source is here but there may be better ones. Internet Archive: Details: The Power of Nightmares
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
Bertrand Russell |