You think not? I think it has worked every single time a group, a society, or a nation has made a positive advance that benefited most or all of the people affected. And millions of such advances have been made, many of them in our lifetimes. We ARE capable of rising above fear and moving into love as the prime motivator of our society.

In fact, that is exactly the sort of vision that Mr Obama held forth in his 2008 campaign...and people responded to it with enormous enthusiasm and elected him. That shows that there's a hunger out there for a positive approach based on love, rather than a pandering to the darker fear-based tactics. Unfortunately, there are retrograde forces in society that think it threatens their profits, and they are intent on re-igniting fear in every way they can.