Thank both of you for the insight. I guess fear is fear. But I see a very real difference in this fear. One is the fear of repercussions for being a bad person. A guilty fear. Or overblown fear, fear of the imaginary. Fear of things that are not actually a major threat to you and you are in fact quite safe. Self induced fear.

Contrasting with the fear of the real. Fearing actually existing oppression and violence. Fear that any one financial set-back could make me homeless. Fear that my human rights are being taken away (because they've already taken some away and are working on taking more away). Fear that I'll be snatched off the street in an unmarked van or otherwise arrested for attending a peaceful protest or posting the wrong thing in a private discord channel, because that is actually happening. Fear that I'll end up in one of that many concentration/labor camps that they already have built and are building. Etc.

I guess I don't really care if they are scared of monsters under their beds or spooky shadows. I wish their fears were more justified. That they actually had something to be afraid of. I yearn for the days that their fear of a potential future revolution that might take away their profits and yachts, becomes fear of a currently ongoing revolution, and they are scared because revolutionaries have already raided 2 of the mansions/bunkers/private islands nearest to them.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I suppose I should clarify that, yes, not all fears have a basis in reality, and chuds are such example. And I sympathize with yours, considering the material situation on ground does not look good for us.

I don't mean to downplay nor make false equivalences.