Why liberals fear-mongering about Trump should read Hobbes | Aeon Essays
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As Donald Trump told Bob Woodward: real power is fear. Political fear shapes citizens' motivations, influencing how they perceive real and manufactured dangers.
Thomas Hobbes described his mother as 'filled with such fear that she bore twins, me and together with me fear.' His life was marked by instability and anxiety.
Healey notes: 'We, too, are living through our own historical moment where a media revolution, social fracturing and culture wars are redefining society and politics.'
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