Consider this terminology "unreasoned fear."
"Unreasoned fear, like a bird with a snake."
p. 65 / The Puppet Masters / 1951 / Robert Heinlein
Its easy to create fear in a person. However, create and manipulate unreasoned fear in a person, more to the point, create and manipulate unreasoned fear on a mass scale... now you have moved from gaslighting to pure evil.
Birds and Snakes... now why does that ring a bell...
One of the big reveals of this prequel to the Hunger Games trilogy is the annual day (date) of the reaping.
Consider this terminology "unreasoned fear."
"Unreasoned fear, like a bird with a snake."
p. 65 / The Puppet Masters / 1951 / Robert Heinlein
Its easy to create fear in a person. However, create and manipulate unreasoned fear in a person, more to the point, create and manipulate unreasoned fear on a mass scale... now you have moved from gaslighting to pure evil.