Posted on 10/25/2015 3:07:34 PM PDT by amorphous
While nearly a decade ago, Americans celebrated the arrival of "hope and change", since then "hope" (not to mention "change") has been all but eradicated (if only for the vast majority of the population), and has been replaced with an emotion that is its polar opposite. Fear.
Fear of government corruption (which we were delighted to find in the top spot), fear of terrorist attacks, fear of the NSA, fear of ID theft, fear of cyberterrorists, and even fear of economic collapse... all the way in 8th place.
And yes, "fear of clowns" is in there too.
In an attempt to quantify these fears, the Chapman University Survey of American Fears provides an unprecedented look into the fears of average Americans.
In April of 2015, a random sample of 1,541 adults from across the United States were asked their level of fear about eighty-eight different fears across a huge variety of topics ranging from crime, the government, disasters, personal anxieties, technology and many others.
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
TOP 15 THINGS AMERICANS FEAR
Corruption
Cyber-terrorism
Corporate Tracking of Personal Data
Terrorist Attack
Government Tracking of Personal Data
Bio-warfare
Identity Theft
Economic Collapse
Running out of Money Personal
Credit Card Fraud
Gun Control
War
Obamacare
Illness Personal
Pandemic 3
TOP 15 THINGS GOVERNMENT FEARS (% is citizen ranking)
Ridicule
Romantic Rejection
Expressing Opinion
Ghosts
Talking to Stranger
Gossip
Dark
Appearance
Zombies
Vaccines
Clowns
Age
Race
Gender
Dress
Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true wisdom. All who obey his commandments will grow in wisdom. Praise him forever!
Interesting that “Government Tracking of Personal Information” is in the Technology bin and not the Government bin.
Just sayin’...
I fear popup books.
I’m not sure either, except government relies a lot on info acquired from tech corps like google, telecom, CC compaines, ...?
Tapioca phobia here. Horrible stuff.
You ain't kiddin'. It just sits there, quivering, watching me with all those beady little eyes.
I fear Barbra Streisand going on another “Farewell Tour.”
They even left out “MONSTERS” — that’s a big FAIL, IMO!
Just shows to go you, one man’s phobia is another man’s pleasure.
I love Tapioca. Especially the large pearl variety but the wife won’t make it for me.
My phobia is running out of money before I die because some damn liberal took it all. Horrible stuff.
My real phobia is another zero hedge list.
Hey I know, it's like you know something is hiding under your bed; but instead of running out of the room, you just gotta look. :-)
“Fear itself” never makes the list anymore. I guess that one was custom-made for that other Depression.
One thing that really stood out to me was “race” located third from the bottom. After all we hear about “race” from the MSM, I expected it to be near the top. Maybe we’re not such a racist nation after all, if the pool survey is representative of the population?
Good point.
Did I miss Globull Warming / Climate Change on that List?
Kerry just said it was more dangerous than Terrorism as did Obama.
How did those Libtards get Elected again?
Nope, you didn’t miss it. It’s at the very top of the list under “government / corruption”.
LOL. I need to work on my Reading Comprehension skills.
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