“expert”, press and politician induced mass hypochondria.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24518
Yes. The Left and their supporters are like that. They must lie, if they told the truth no one would ever elect them.
They must resort to Totalitarianism if they stay in power, because they all make promises that are totally impossible to fulfill.
They serve the wrong master, hence they always fail badly.