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OftenBen  ·  3214 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tin Foil Hat Club

The dictionary definition of Paranoia is

    an unreasonable feeling that people are trying to harm you, do not like you, etc

It is not paranoid to be worried about the abuse of powers that we do not fully understand. It is not unreasonable to be afraid of forces that have goals that run directly opposite to your own, especially when those forces have significantly more power and resources than you do.

Your average Swahili hunter isn't paranoid that there are lions in the bush, he is aware that there are lions in the bush. He is not paranoid of them, he fears them.

The scarier part to me is that guys like Alex Jones are being proven correct.