state of fear

after reading state of fear there is one chapter that stands out to me as the most important chapter in the novel.  this chapter does not really contribute to the story plot or even have to do with global warming. this chapter is when professor Hoffman is talking about how governments control people by fear.  this might sound like it is completely untrue but if you thing about it it actually makes sense.  the presidents that are consider the best and greatest leaders are those who lead during a war. one reason for this is because the nation fear something it was untied and the lead was able to use his powers more effectually. in times when leaders are not very strong if you look you see that there is no major immediate threat letting the people become diverse and not have as much faith in the government.  Hoffman is not saying that global warming is all government lies but he is saying that the government did try to make it larger so that they had a threat so they could have more power. the state of fear is something that is really and it is true that the governments do want a fear that is dire so that they have better control of the populations living under them.