It's worse than that though, because, for example, nuclear power is significantly safer than other technologies currently in use[1][2], and as another example,

It's worse than that though, because, for example, nuclear power is significantly safer than other technologies currently in use[1][2], and as another example, immigrants (including illegal immigrants) are less likely to commit crimes than native-born citizens in the United States[3][4], at least for several generations (they asymptotically approach native levels). So I think we're fighting a couple of battles here: fear-mongering and misinformation/ignorance, and I guess they go hand-in-hand. [1] https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2017/05/hypothetical-number-of-deaths-from-energy-production.png https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2017/05/hypothetical-numb... [2] Kharecha Pushker A, 2013 [3] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1078087417704974?journalCode=uarb https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/107808741770497... [4] https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jul/06/donald-trump/trump-immigration-claim-has-no-data-back-it/ https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jul...