Fearing Fear Itself By Paul Krugman Analysis

Columnist Paul Krugman’s “fearing fear itself” is a very rational article.The author makes an analytic and sensible point of how the people are forgetting that the greater issue at hand, is that we as a society and a race face is not terrorism but climate change itself. The author also makes points about peoples reactions as a bit overreaction to the issue of the Paris attacks he claims that these terrorist groups have no strong army or power so they rely on cheap and horrendous tactics. Since they cannot do primary damage they feed on peoples fear and the author claims that giving them this attention is what exactly what they desire. Another point the author presses on is the terrorism isn't going to take over Paris or the west because of

Security and personal privacy had been breached and became tighter due to the fear of another unexpected attack.This made our personal privacy less private similarly they made airport security much much strict from getting full body scans to interrogation rooms. Right after 9/11 America faced mass deportation, the immigration laws and deportation had been on a rise in the co-relation with the 9/11 attack. The last but not least change that was made by 9/11 was the beginning of everything bad. The war declared to fight against terrorism without any solid ground of proof was the beginning of the clash between the west and the east it had ignited sparks between the regions and created the terrorism that we face today. This had changed us in many ways such as it has developed a sense of distrust with foreign countries and created high alert through America. The unexpected shock of something disastrous happening in America was unnerving which took away the trust of public from the government to protect them. These factors have shaped America of how it is now and to say that 9/11 didn't change anything is an unwise and non logical because what happened then has led to the Paris