This shows the power of propaganda to warp people’s perceptions of reality and get them all worked up about chimeras, all in the service of a massive expansion of state control.
“Europeans fear climate change more than terrorism, unemployment or migration,” by Jan Strupczewski, Reuters, November 28, 2019:
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Almost half of all Europeans fear climate change more than losing a job or of a terrorist attack, a study by the European Investment Bank (EIB) showed on Thursday as EU lawmakers declared a “climate emergency”.
The EIB survey of 30,000 respondents from 30 countries, including China and the United States, showed 47% of Europeans saw climate change as the number one threat in their lives, above unemployment, large scale migration and concerns about terrorism.
“European citizens are highly concerned about climate change and its impact on their everyday life and future,” said Emma Navarro, EIB Vice-President responsible for climate action and the environment.
“Interestingly, many of them are optimistic about the possibility to reverse it. Unfortunately, science says otherwise. We have one shot at limiting global warming and mitigating its effects,” she said….