Fear-based public policy is a win/lose paradigm. It is marked by dual morality—the belief that there can be two standards of morality operating at the same time, one applied to myself and one applied to the other, eg., the admonition, “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” In this belief, my violence is deemed moral, yours is not. I am not even responsible for my violence—you made me do it. Physical might and emotional manipulation are used to impose control. It reflects a belief in scarcity and could be called greedy, because it takes more than it gives. It ignores the destructive fallout it causes to satisfy immediate needs. It is secretive and suspicious. Rhetoric is used to obscure means and confuse results. It compromises only when forced to. Opponents are labeled “evil,” deserving to be attacked. The weakness of others is readily exploited. Violence and attack are often tools of first resort. It promotes disharmony, imbalance, and disunity. It is wasteful of resources. It is fragmented and doomed to fail.

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