According to Pew Research, 2024:
Inflation
Health care costs
Partisan cooperation
Drug addiction
Gun violence
Violent crime
Budget deficit
Moral values
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According to a 2023 Chapman University Study:
Fears are ranked by the percentage of Americans surveyed who reported being ‘afraid’ or ‘very afraid.’
Top 10 Fears of 2023 % of Very Afraid or Afraid
Corrupt government officials 60.1%
Economic/financial collapse 54.7%
Russia using nuclear weapons 52.5%
The US becoming involved in another World War 52.3%
People I love becoming seriously ill 50.6%
People I love dying 50.4%
Pollution of drinking water 50.0%
Biological warfare 49.5%
Cyber-terrorism 49.3%
Not having enough money for the future 48.0%
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What I find interesting in these two lists are the things not included.
Issues Not Noted Above
Education
Climate
Energy
Abortion
Immigration
A.I.
Jobs
Free Speech and Free Thought
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Obviously the answers can be impacted by the way questions are asked, but a few of my biggest concerns aren't even on those first two lists. In part, it's because the media directs its viewers/listeners to other concerns, their concerns. It's just one more way the the narrative and the public's perceptions are shaped.
Two of my biggest concerns are the Energy Grid (specifically the compromises being made that will eventually lead to unreliability, blackouts and brownouts as well as skyrocketing costs) and the increased clamping down on free speech. I don't have a good feelng about where we're heading as a nation.
Then again, this world is not my home.
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