It’s like that movie, The Matrix - I see myself in uncomfortable office chairs, unaware of how unhappy it is to plug pointless Excel equations into equally pointless Excel spreadsheets, my life being deleted one backspace key at a time, one minute at a time.

It’s funny, how little we realize how trapped we are as adults. Here we thought childhood was the time to be talked down to, told to do things we didn’t want to do. But adulthood is more of the same, just with the tax man tapping his thumb and people rejecting you because you’re not as pretty as you could be, when you were promised appearances don’t matter when you’re older.

I fear a pointless life.

Recently, I stared at that Excel spreadsheet and decided to move to San Diego. It’s time to make my life worth living. Adult life is exactly the opposite of when you’re a kid on Christmas, and you know exactly what you want to see under that tree: as an adult, it’s harder to know what exactly it is you want. And no one is presenting it to you, wrapped in fancy paper.

All I know is, life is not in a Microsoft program. It’s not programmed into equations that will come out with clean results. It’s up to you, in life, to make decisions that will hopefully compute into something worthwhile.

There are two pills to swallow, one red, one blue. And now it’s your turn to pick which one is the life worth living.

I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with candor and a decision that the present situation of our people impels. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive, and will prosper. So, first, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life, a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. I am convinced that you again give that support to leadership in these critical days. - Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 4, 1933

Fear tactics used as a weapon in propaganda is a powerful weapon. "Appeals to fear seek to build support by instilling anxieties and panic in the general population, for example, Joseph Goebbels exploited Theodore Kaufmann's Germany Must Perish! He claimed the Allies sought the extermination of the German people."

A common claim of fear used by politicians for the past five decades: "If you do not vote for me, you will lose your Medicare and Social Security."

It is claims like these that have shaped the public direction out of fear.

Fear as a noun is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or a threat. "He is prey to irrational fears"

Fear as a verb is to be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening.

"Farmers fear they will lose business,"

In recent history, the people of America through the media and government officials have used fear of the mass population to change the very nature on how we conduct business and travel. Think back to a time 911 when the twin towers destroyed. This act of terrorism is a spark that caused the nation to fear and gave up many of their own rights, giving birth to the Patriot Act.

The USA PATRIOT Act is an Act of the United States Congress that signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. USA PATRIOT is a backronym that stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.

What rights does the Patriot Act violate?

Section 215 of the Patriot Act violates the Constitution in several ways. It Violates the Fourth Amendment, which says the government cannot conduct a search without obtaining a warrant and showing probable cause to believe that the person has committed or will commit a crime.

How does the Patriot Act violate the 1st Amendment?

Two ACLU lawsuits alleged that the FBI's NSL powers, as amended by Section 505 of the Patriot Act, violate the First Amendment by giving the agency the power to force the disclosure of sensitive, personal information without adequate safeguards.

Through Fear, In short, this spark of propaganda lead to the TSA in every Airport in America travel has never been the same. We now have Star ID and driver's license without this we cannot travel by air. Then the creation of the Department of Homeland Security established in 2002, combining 22 different federal departments and agencies into a unified, integrated Cabinet agency.

Fear of the COVID-19 is another spark to change our reality to the new normal. The lockdowns and overreaction to this virus. The fear of this virus led by the media and political agendas has produced a tremendous problem for the public.

The so-called experts and scientists have flip-flop many times and have left the public with confusion and disbelief, leading to enhance the fear factor to the public.

Manny Governors and local officials have taken this spark to control, harass, and even arresting its citizens. Closing houses of worship, clubs, bars, and health fitness centers. Requiring individuals, to keep at least six feet between you and others in public places and wear face coverings.

Then the simple decision we all have used in the past, Stay home if you are sick. Wash your hands often. Cover coughs and sneezes in the elbow. Disinfect surfaces and objects regularly.

The New Normal is the phrase that describes the pandemic through the cast of fear.