Fear the Mind Killer, Greed the Body Killer

One of your better writters, Frank Herbert, wrote in his novel Dune, that "Fear is the mind killer." For the last five years, I have noticed many governments using fear to keep themselves in power. Use the word Terrorism and people will stop examing what their leaders are doing. Has the use of the word Terrorism in the last five years caused the collective mind of the United States to act stupidly?

I have also noticed that "Greed is the body killer." Parasites use this tactic on many planets. On the lost planet of Korpork, one species focused on being very large and very territorial - to the point where there was one member per every thousand square miles. The species learned to eat everything until there was no other life around. Then they learned to eat dirt and rock and ate away their planet. The Koporkians took and took until there was nothing left - not even themselves.

I have noticed that your oil companies and your banks (credit cards) companies have had record profits this year, while the average citizen has less. Is this hard work or greed? I wonder how long the American people will let fear blind them from the greed of the corporations and political leaders that are lowering their standards of living?

A human friend of mine has a vending machine at a "mom & pop" convenience store. It changed ownership. The new owners asked for more money or higher commission from sales by the vending machine. They agreed on a 10% increase. The next month the new owners complained about the machine and said to keep it in place they wanted more money. Again my friend agreed, trying to reach a balance in a business fashion. The next month the new owners again said they needed more, my friend took his machine away. The store owners greed killed the service my friend offered them. Now the store has less value for its customers.