Panic is uncontrolled activity done in response to a threat. If any productive action happens in a panic, it is by chance. Chance, therefore, moral panic is a

Panic is uncontrolled activity done in response to a threat. If any productive action happens in a panic, it is by chance. Chance, therefore, moral panic is a poor way to actually solve a problem or improve ones life. Opportunistic entites may utilize moral panic toward political goals in the same way as boogeymen or scapegoats. One might think this validates moral panic, but I don't see it as translating to obeying the will of the people (or equivalent constituency) because things done out of panic are not a sign of consent.