“Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”: FDR’s First Inaugural Address
This quote came to mind when I read a review of Robert Peckham's book Fear: An Alternative History Of The World, in the September 16, 2023 The Economist. "...it (the book) illuminates the many ways fear has shaped human behavior over the past 700 years, from which readers can draw lessons for the present. The main one is 'Power depends on fear.'" The Economist points out that the best antidote to fear is humor. PP 60-70
The Economist links the message of the book with the current rise in anti-Semitism. It does this by reviewing Mike Rothschild's book Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories. The author, no relative of the banking family, attempts a biography of and idea "...that Jews control everything, and the Rothschilds are the 'King of the Jews''". PP 70-71
Perhaps we'd do well to ask ourselves "where are our fears leading us astray?"
Takk for alt,
Al
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