One of the most important things to Americans is the safety of their family, homes and themselves. In fact this is common around the world in every human breed on every continent. Self-preservation is the strongest human need in our species. It appears to also be in other species as they have defense mechanisms to shield them from predators and behavior that betters their chances of survival during an attack. The fear of loss of life, family or home is a huge motivator of mankind and that fear is constantly used by governments to keep us in line, companies to get us to buy and others who wish to influence our decision making process.

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