American Memory
American Memory
October 21, 2005
 
Fear, Incivility, and the State by Butler Shaffer
By contrast, politically-minded people believe that societies can only be held together by fear – of punishment, prison, death, or other people. One need only contrast the language of market advertising – with its promises of benefits to be enjoyed – with that of legislative statutes – with threats of “fines, imprisonment or both,” as polar opposite inducements for your response.


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