When the government or media (more often than not it's both working together somehow) drive fear of a new threat (often terrorism or a deadly disease) into the people of the nation and keep them from expressing all of their freedoms and/or views and doing the things they want to do
Notable stories/events that have been constantly attacked/used for Government/Media fear:
-Terrorism
-Communism (see McCarthyism/ Red Scare)
-AIDS
-Drugs
- 9/11
-The "Brain Eating Amoeba"
-Terrorism
-Communism (see McCarthyism/ Red Scare)
-AIDS
-Drugs
- 9/11
-The "Brain Eating Amoeba"
by Gaaraofthedamned August 19, 2011