Fear is just one side of the coin. The other side is responsibility. We are all responsible for our actions. By electing presidents you hand over your power and freedom - but also your duty, responsibility and accountability to that person (or group). America is fighting wars in the middle-east, Trump has the power to end those wars, bring Americans home but instead he pours more money in the war machine. That makes him responsible for every life lost and taken, but since American voters delegated that power and responsibility to him - its the responsibility of every voter as well. To put it all into perspective, Chancellor Palpatine was evil, but it was the other senators who formed the empire, not him alone. I think that's the real problem, people don't own up to their choices anymore, they don't have awareness of this transferal of power. That's also why Anarchy may be better than any existing form of government - because whenever you have government you get to shift the blame away from yourself, a scapegoat. Maybe fear of responsibility is even greater than fear of death?