The long term results are a bit more troublesome upon consideration. ‘Mean World Syndrome’ as it is called instigates not only conscious reactions to perceived threats but also subconscious reactions which unfortunately not only influence how people view their neighbors and other community members but also can be passed on to new generations, genetically and environmentally, irrationally giving them someone to hate and direct their fears at. Though born of illusion, these attitudes can lead to real world consequences as people respond to events either through an emotional amplification born of fear, thus over reacting sometimes violently, or by completely disconnecting, unable to act appropriately when another human is violently attacked in their presence. Part of taking responsibility is admitting the illusion of fear for what it is rather than reacting on and teaching others to do the same. Emotional responses to fear originating at the local level have become more intrinsic within social structures themselves, a magnification of shared responses. Entire groups of people across America, as well as many other countries across the world, have come to raise children to believe nonexistent fears are real. This has created a feedback loop of more fear feeding the need to purchase more products to alleviate that fear. Fear of loss ties directly to commodity fetishism. In a manner of speaking, when someone steals from us they are taking our very souls. The very consideration that an external material object is somehow tied directly to one’s identity is exemplary of the false concept ‘image is everything’. Some ideologies consider the things possessed will one day possess the possessor.