Ruling by fear or the rule of fear

Vojin Dimitrijevic wrote “The reign of terror” more than 30 years ago, published it’s first edition one year later, and the second – unrevised – edition at the end of the XX century, almost two decades ago. He ended the introductory remarks to the second edition on an enthusiastic note – firmly believing that the end of the XX century was to bring a great, perhaps even final, liberation from fear. I will not present the book here – it needs to