User blog comment:Holly Bailey/Thing I'm Afraid Of/@comment-27905100-20170213152025/@comment-27838637-20170214130630

I agree with both of you. Obviously fear will vary based on cultures. People in third world countries have more to fear from common viruses that we priveliged people don't.

But Dix is right in the fact that death is generally the basis of fear. Not only death, but also harm. Because it is just natural instinct to fear what can hurt us.

Obviously some people do not fear death, but I wouldn't associate that with geography or culture at all. Think of all the soldiers in the world who aren't afraid of death. Culture might come in to it when religion is called in to question, but even so, I doubt even the most religious people are scared when it comes to facing the end of their life.

Fear of death depends on personal circumstance more than anything.