It is Fear and the many ways it is used in society and can make a potential problem seem bigger than it is. In the general things like FUD; a concrete example of that being the red scare. Often it seems to have an existence bigger than any individual, which is why it got made a member of the pantheon, albeit a minor one
With regards to the Group, people have found fear of the Other easier to form. Obligatory sociology potential non-replicability warning.
It is Fear and the many ways it is used in society and can make a potential problem seem bigger than it is. In the general things like FUD; a concrete example of that being the red scare. Often it seems to have an existence bigger than any individual, which is why it got made a member of the pantheon, albeit a minor one
With regards to the Group, people have found fear of the Other easier to form. Obligatory sociology potential non-replicability warning.