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Dear Reader, |
Which evil specter do Americans fear most in 2025? |
The annual Chapman University Survey of American Fears is out. |
A through Z, the survey gauges the prevalent fears that hagride the American people. |
From death by electric chair, to protracted visitation by a dreaded mother-in-law, to a pledge of assistance from the United States government… all fears come under consideration. |
Yet the American people are beset by a unique hierarchy of specific fears. |
Which fear fears us most? |
Your Options |
Here are your choices: |
A): Economic or financial collapse |
B): Death or serious illness within the family |
C): Cyberterrorism |
D): Environmental degradation |
E): Corrupt government officials |
F): United States involvement in additional overseas war |
G): Russian use of nuclear weapons |
Again, which of these evils do Americans fear most? |
You will have your answer shortly. |
Another Gift to Wall Street |
First, we briefly direct our attention to another locus of fear — as I see it at least — the Federal Reserve. |
Its Federal Open Market Committee, so-called, huddles at Washington this week. |
Markets presently give 96.7% odds that it will reduce its target rate by 25 basis points. |
The Federal Reserve does not like to confound and befuddle the stock market. |
Thus I am extremely confident the wagering market is correct — the Federal Reserve will declare its pinprick 25-basis point reduction on Wednesday. |
I do not believe it will budge the United States economy one inch. It may, however, give the stock market a good shove. |
Of course the stock market does not require a good shove. |
The S&P 500 is within hailing distance of 7,000… and has added some $3 trillion within the past three weeks alone. |
Thus a weekend Morningstar headline tickles me: "Are Americans Ignoring Red Flags in the Stock Market?" |
To which I respond… "Did the Titanic ignore ice warnings in the North Atlantic?" |
Yet let it pass… |
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Drum Roll… |
Let us return instead to our original question: |
Which evil specter do Americans fear most in 2025? Here again are your options: |
A): Economic or financial collapse |
B): Death or serious illness within the family |
C): Cyberterrorism |
D): Environmental degradation |
E): Corrupt government officials |
F): United States involvement in additional overseas war |
G): Russian use of nuclear weapons |
Wrong Answer! |
I hazard you likely selected A — economic or financial collapse. |
That is because this is a publication that centers upon economic and financial doings. |
Yet you would be mistaken. |
Americans' starkest fear in 2025 is not economic or financial collapse… according at least to the annual Chapman University Survey of American Fears. |
Nor is Americans' starkest fear B, C,D, F or G. |
Only one option remains. That option is option E — Americans' starkest fear is fear of corrupt government officials. |
Amazing |
69.1% of respondents claim they "fear" or "greatly fear" government corruption. |
Fear of familial death or serious illness registered second at 58.9%. |
Fear of economic or financial collapse, incidentally, came in third at 58.2%. |
Reports Chapman University: |
Americans continue to fear corruption in government more than anything else, according to the 11th annual Chapman University Survey of American Fears, released today by Chapman University. |
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The nationally representative survey conducted by Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences provides an in-depth look at the most common fears across the country and explores how those anxieties shape daily life, decision-making, and emotional well-being… |
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Corrupt government officials topped the list, with 69% of respondents saying they are afraid or very afraid of government corruption. Other leading fears include a loved one becoming seriously ill (58.9%), economic or financial collapse (58.2%), and cyber-terrorism (55.9%). |
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I'm Skeptical |
I concede it at once — I am not half so convinced of the survey's conclusions. I speak only for myself of course. |
I fear economic or financial collapse, death or serious illness, future warfare and 100 other bugaboos before I fear government corruption. |
That is because I have always assumed government corruption. It is in the very air that surrounds and envelops us. |
And I have been able to endure life's punishing crucible despite it. As, I imagine, have you. |
I simply compare government corruption to cancer, homicides and earthquakes — unfortunate yet inevitable experiences in this tearful vale of sorrow. |
That is, government corruption is an unfortunate yet inevitable reality of human experience. |
Yet governmental virtue can in fact exist. Government virtue is, in fact, documented. |
I refer you to the early Roman Republic. I refer you specifically to the Carthaginian Wars and the Battle of Cannae in 216 B.C. |
Historical Perspective |
In that war, in that battle, Rome lost 50,000 men to Hannibal's berserkers in one single day — one single day! |
The United States required nearly ten years of warfare to endure similar losses in Vietnam. |
And here Rome endured them in a day. |
Was it the dregs of Rome that went to their graves that day? |
No, largely it was not. It was instead the mainstay of Rome's elite that went to their graves that day. |
Rome's Senate lost nearly one-third of its members in the Battle of Cannae. |
"This suggests," notes historian Peter Turchin, "that the senatorial aristocracy was more likely to be killed in wars than the average citizen." |
Imagine, in contrast — for one passing moment if you can — a United States senator sacrificing his life on the front lines of heroic battle. |
Then return to your sober senses. |
I ask you to reflect why 69.1% of Americans most fear government corruption over all other fears. |
My answer reduces to the two Romes — the Roman Republic of virtue — and the Roman Empire of power. |
Which are we? |
Regards, |
Brian Maher |
for Freedom Financial News |
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