I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization.
Americans have discovered fear.
Many Americans, we know, are horrified by the posture of their government but seem to be helpless.
The American people fear there is some gouging going on.
Too many Americans mistrust their government. And unnecessary government secrecy feeds this mistrust.
And I have no doubt that the American people generally believe the world is safer, and that we are safer, when we are stronger.
Governments sometimes turn paranoid. And they fear things. And sometimes the thing they fear the most is the populace.
America is in a state of somnolence. It's an avoidance of paranoia through ignoring reality.
There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.