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Fear is the mind killer. It's rarely valid, despite being an emotion. Often highly irrational. Leading to bad decisions. Policy and legislation should never be based on fear. Fear should be the last thing anyone accommodates politically.
One can't deliberate over fear though. And so many of these policies have fear at their core. To the point they can't be deliberated at all. It was true with all the policies wrought by the satanic panic of the late 80s and early 90s. The Muslim panic of the aughts. To the anti-liberal fear mongering of the 2010s still running to this day. As well as any number of other unjustified popular conservative/neoliberal panics like the trans panic etc currently ongoing.
We waste so much time and animosity being fearful about and legislating things that we have no business legislating en mass. Things that should be decided on a case-by-case basis. Five people it impacts. And perhaps medical professionals knowledgeable in the subject. Not some random bigot on the house floor who's irrationally afraid of some group.
Our foreign policy has been almost completely fear driven for the last 60 70 years. Our drug policy has been completely fear-driven for at least last 40 to 50 years. Our economic policy and investment has been fear-driven for over 100 years at minimum. It's why we can't have nice things or actually take care of our people. Because a few powerful ones are so self-interested in more power and wealth for themselves or so fearful that some other group might have the same opportunities and benefits that they do. That we constantly deconstruct and take away everything from people. To the point where the majority can't afford housing and can barely afford rent these days through no fault of their own.