In a nutshell, people who are scared are more easily controlled. We can be manipulated by those who want power over us if we’re worried and they have a supposed solution to our perceived problems.
Connor Boyack, How Not to Suck at Life: 89 Tips for Teens (2021) p. 91
Connor Boyack is president of Libertas Institute, a public policy think tank in Utah.
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