{"id":105026,"date":"2017-08-31T20:09:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T20:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gerdtestpress.online\/?guid=ffc1872658dfe2529048e2470c6a9c02"},"modified":"2019-02-21T12:19:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T12:19:07","slug":"a-country-of-fear-and-courage-what-i-learned-from-two-years-in-america-spiegel-online-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futuristgerd.com\/de\/2017\/08\/a-country-of-fear-and-courage-what-i-learned-from-two-years-in-america-spiegel-online-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Ein Land der Furcht und des Mutes: Lehren aus zwei Jahren Amerika - Gute Geschichte SPIEGEL ONLINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"posthaven-post-body\">\n<div>\u201cFear, of course, is nothing new in America. It's a country that has always believed that the apocalypse is somehow just around the corner. But the level of fear that has developed in the United States &#8212; both on a smaller and larger scale &#8212; my God! You don't have to look very far to find it. Stores provide anti-bacterial wipes to protect their customers from germs on grocery carts. Parents obsessively coddle their children by driving them to school and picking them up each day. Fences surround playgrounds to prevent anything bad from happening. Alarms to protect classrooms from school shooters are ubiquitous. Hysteria is everywhere on the cable news channels.<\/p>\n<p>A study was released recently about the things Americans fear the most. It includes literally everything. Terrorism and identity theft. Corrupt companies and financial ruin. Tornadoes and adultery. There is an explanation for this. America is no longer winning wars. Other countries suddenly also have a lot of power. Everything has become insanely fast. And the fear of external threats can influence the psyche &#8212; there's no question about that.<\/p>\n<p>There's also a domestic dimension to this fear. Many Americans no longer trust their politicians or the elite. They no longer know what to believe in a situation where the macroeconomic indicators are trending positive but the amount of money that lands in their wallets is getting ever smaller. Many believe they have to take their fate in their own hands. And that can be exhausting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Country of Fear and Courage: What I Learned from Two Years in America &#8211; SPIEGEL ONLINE &#8211; International<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/what-two-years-of-living-in-america-taught-me-a-1165557.html\">https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/what-two-years-of-living-in-america-taught-me-a-1165557.html<\/a><br \/>\nvia Instapaper<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"posthaven_gallery[1196555]\" class=\"posthaven-gallery\">\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Save<\/span><span>Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\"Die Angst ist nat\u00fcrlich nichts Neues in Amerika. Es ist ein Land, das immer geglaubt hat, dass die Apokalypse irgendwie vor der T\u00fcr steht. Aber das Ausma\u00df der Angst, das sich in den Vereinigten Staaten entwickelt hat - sowohl im kleinen als auch im gro\u00dfen Ma\u00dfstab - mein Gott! Man muss nicht lange suchen, um sie zu finden. Gesch\u00e4fte bieten antibakterielle T\u00fccher an, um ihre Kunden vor Keimen im Einkaufswagen zu sch\u00fctzen. Eltern verh\u00e4tscheln ihre Kinder zwanghaft, indem sie sie jeden Tag zur Schule fahren und abholen. Z\u00e4une umgeben Spielpl\u00e4tze, um zu verhindern, dass etwas Schlimmes passiert. Alarme zum Schutz der Klassenzimmer vor Schulsch\u00fctzen sind allgegenw\u00e4rtig. Die Hysterie ist in den Kabelnachrichtenkan\u00e4len allgegenw\u00e4rtig.<\/p>\n<p>Vor kurzem wurde eine Studie \u00fcber die Dinge ver\u00f6ffentlicht, die die Amerikaner am meisten f\u00fcrchten. Dazu geh\u00f6rt buchst\u00e4blich alles. Terrorismus und Identit\u00e4tsdiebstahl. Korrupte Unternehmen und finanzieller Ruin. Wirbelst\u00fcrme und Ehebruch. Hierf\u00fcr gibt es eine Erkl\u00e4rung. Amerika gewinnt keine Kriege mehr. Andere L\u00e4nder haben pl\u00f6tzlich auch viel Macht. Alles ist wahnsinnig schnell geworden. Und die Angst vor \u00e4u\u00dferen Bedrohungen kann die Psyche beeinflussen - das ist keine Frage.<\/p>\n<p>Diese Angst hat auch eine innenpolitische Dimension. Viele Amerikaner vertrauen ihren Politikern oder der Elite nicht mehr. Sie wissen nicht mehr, was sie in einer Situation glauben sollen, in der die makro\u00f6konomischen Indikatoren zwar positiv sind, aber das Geld, das in ihrem Portemonnaie landet, immer weniger wird. Viele glauben, sie m\u00fcssten ihr Schicksal selbst in die Hand nehmen. Und das kann anstrengend sein.\"<\/p>\n<p>Ein Land der Furcht und des Mutes: Was ich in zwei Jahren in Amerika gelernt habe - SPIEGEL ONLINE - International<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/what-two-years-of-living-in-america-taught-me-a-1165557.html\">https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/what-two-years-of-living-in-america-taught-me-a-1165557.html<\/a><br \/>\u00fcber Instapaper<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/phaven-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/image_part\/asset\/1930118\/O9s-cuqY1PtKF7vpvsU8Wb04f_I\/medium_image1.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_analytify_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,1092,8],"tags":[1287,1288],"class_list":["post-105026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-futures-2","category-gerdleonhard-de","category-politics-public-policy-government","tag-spiegel","tag-usa","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuristgerd.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuristgerd.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuristgerd.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuristgerd.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuristgerd.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futuristgerd.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuristgerd.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuristgerd.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuristgerd.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}