Psychological Tricks That Politicians Use to Manipulate Us

They Always Punch Down And Try To Blame Your Problems On An “Other”

One of the favorite things that tyrants or wannabe dictators will pull is to blame any issues you have on a smaller group that cannot properly defend itself. Of course, your problems are generally really because the government needs to do something different, but it’s far easier for an evil leader to just convince people that a bunch of others are to blame,  and then persecute them mercilessly.