Fear Is The Mind Killer

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The late Sci-fi author Frank Herbert in his Dune series used the following quote in book 1:

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Butler Shaffer, professor of Law at Southwestern University nailed that thought with a piece entitled:

[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Why TSA, Wars, State Defined Diets, Seat-Belt Laws, the War On Drugs, Police Brutality, and Efforts to Control the Internet, Are Essential to the State[/FONT]

Is the induced perception of fear the first step to establish control for the benefit of others?