Fear

Republicans want us to be afraid. The fear enables them to fool people into buying their lies and distracts us from keeping track of their failures, incompetence and corruption. An example: the zombie economic doctrine of cutting taxes on the rich.

It has never worked. It will never work but Republicans continue to push for it incessantly. Fear helps this irrationality go on. If we are fearful we empower the insanity but it's hard not to be. I'm fearful. I can't help it. Republicans are scary as hell.