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.

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Birds and Snakes... now why does that ring a bell...

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes-suzanne-collins/1133952083?ean=9781338674453

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.

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