Tag fear and civilization

The Gospel of Fear

Dark, fog-covered forest at night, illuminated by faint blue light, evoking fear and isolation.

We haven’t outgrown witch hunts—we’ve digitized them. The bonfires are online, the sermons televised, the priests replaced by experts clutching data instead of crosses. The liturgy is unchanged: fear the unseen, obey the herd, trust the medicine. And in that obedience, we trade our last wild freedom for the comfort of calm.