They don’t know that professional gaslighters have a bright future in running the country.

Funnily gaslighting wasn’t really a big independent job. In London where there were actually enough public gaslights for it to be an endeavour policemen who were walking around the streets at the crack of dawn and setting of the sun anyway were often made to do this while at it. And several other minor tasks like waking up subscribing citizens, it was good that those patrols weren’t typically busy in regards of actual policing.

So professional gaslighters, not much of a thing, their poor reputation very much a thing.

it’s funny because the term has an origin not too far off to this.

I think it was something about gas lights in homes and people would be forgetful because gas was filling the homes and the tenants had a lack of oxygen which made them docile and susceptible to suggestion.