Warning Rant on the way.
I have never believed in conspiracy theories, still don't. However, looking at governments around the world and ours, in particular, I have my doubts that any government is actually doing anything for the people that government is supposed to represent. Now, you really don't expect China to be a caregiver for its people; you don't expect a dictator to be anything but selfish...but there are countries that elect their leaders who are not getting any respect from the leaders they put into office. As for our "Democratic" government...personally, I think it is so far from Democracy that I wonder if we can ever get back to a slightly grey shade of Democracy. We have a Congress full of 10-year-olds who are fighting over who is right and who is wrong...NOT doing their job, just wasting time. Our ten--year-old-spoiled-brat "leader" only thinks of how to deal guns to other countries and bully countries into his way of thinking.
Young people in Hong Kong, Argentina, and a few other countries are leading the way to have a government that listens to its people. Young people are standing up against governments for the sake of the environment. Okay, all of you who are "elders", where are you? I'm one of you. I rant and rage but that isn't enough. Frankly, I've run out of energy. I have to work and going to protest is out of the question. As for signing anything to be sent to my Congress representative is useless, they don't read the petition and they don't pay attention to phone calls. Anyone with a good idea? I'm more than willing to listen.
I'm done. Go enjoy your day.

Living in fear and what it can do

I have lived with fear and I don't like it any more than anyone else does.  How have I done it?  What was I afraid of?  Men were stronger than me and, as society taught, I was weak.  As a wife, I needed to be soft-spoken and please.  Dating after my first divorce it was the same thing, whether I really wanted the sex or not, I went ahead.  The second marriage I tried really hard, gave in when I really wanted to argue my point of view.  My step-son, at the age of 18, didn't get his way and took a rope trying to strangle me (in reality, he just wanted to scare me), at that point I became too angry to be afraid and took a knife (a sharp one) from the draw and put it to his throat, just denting in the skin.  He dropped the rope and took off for a 3-hour walk.  Needless to say, he didn't try to intimidate me in that way again.  His father would belittle me and make me feel lower than a snake's belly and I put up with it (one of the things that is wrong with trying to be a people pleaser)  At work, one boss got way too close and vibes went off like crazy, I backed off and kept a good bit of distance between him and me.  I became more aware of the warnings. On my way to work in Dallas, I entered the Expressway at 70 mph so I wouldn't cause any slowdowns.  There was a car about the length of 20 cars behind, apparently, the driver didn't like the idea of how I entered and sped up to the side of me shooting me the finger, I kept driving and this seemed to set him off.  He tried to push me off the road but I sped ahead of him.  When he caught up he began cussing and doing the finger thing again.  Where are cops when you need them?  Luckily for me, my turn came up and he didn't follow.

That was one of my fears.  The others?  Scorpions, snakes, centipedes, Black Widows, and angry horses.  How did I cope with these?  After years I became extremely tired of being afraid.  I found that if I got very angry I could threaten them and I never had to deal with them again.  The horses?  That was a little easier.  I was afraid of being bucked off.  I spoiled (read pampered) this one horse and when I went to ride him he decided to get rid of me.  He bucked around the back yard about ten times before I bailed off.  When he came down from a buck I was on the ground under him and all four hooves came down at a slant, I still have a dent in my right leg where they grazed that leg.  I was 25 at the time and still have the dent.  I got rid of him, I should have sold him to a rodeo.  The second horse was angry and threatened me and the kids because he was separated from the other horses as my husband wanted him to be our Stud.  He pinned me against the stall wall, this after trying to kick me, rear and come down on my head (his intention).  When I got out of the stall, I hooked up the trailer, got the halter and put it on him.  When he saw the halter he thought he had won and allowed me to put it on him.  I put him in the trailer and took him to the Vet who gelded him.  My husband came home to look at him and ask me what was wrong with him, I said he'd be okay in three days, my husband, who never worked with any of the horses left it at that.

Now, if I'm afraid you will never know it because I have learned how to put up a front that even animals can't figure out is fear.

The reason I am saying all of this?  Because of our country, rather, our leaders have bullied other nations and expect to be respected without any retaliation.  Countries in the Middle East mostly live in anxiety because of all their neighbors.  When the U.S. comes in and threatens they may take it for a while but not for long.  This is what is happening with Iran.  The U.S. is very friendly with the Jews who (the leader that is) want to get rid of all Arabs.  There was peace for a good while and then the present leader of Jeusreleam took care of that quickly.  With threats all around and our "leader" threatening and taking us out of the agreement on their nuclear business, they feel very threatened.  Our "leader" is good about bullying so I can't blame Iran for defending themselves.  You may think I am a traitor, but this is not the nation I want, nor is this the "leader" I can look up to for so many reasons that would take too long to explain.

Anyway, all of this is to explain how a country or person can turn that fear into something that will never let that fear control them.   Just my opinion