"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Books Expose the Rise of the Emotionless Zombies
Submitted by Bradley Keyes on Thu, 2013-03-28 23:00
Stupid title but interesting information..."they [the researchers] found the use of emotionally charged words declined over the 20th century, but there was a relative upswing of fear-related words from 1980"...perhaps emotion moved to the screen and books took a more rational route?
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