Future dictators are taking notes
The elections for the President of the USA has been close as of today and Joe Biden is in lead but Donald Trump is close behind. This has opened the eyes of many pundits who expected a landslide victory for Mr Biden. That rosy picture did not come to reality.
The way Donald Trump and his team manipulate the masses work on a deep level of human psychology and that is why so many voters, more voters than the 2016 elections, have voted for Trump.
The current election gives a mountain worth of data for the future dictators who would like to grab hold of power as Trump grabs, uh, power.
There has to be a systematic attack on the media that opposes you to destroy its credibility. You have to have your own media houses which will trumpet your every tiny message and hide all your faults, defend your every mistake and attack the opponents like a poisonous snake. You need to roil the blood of your target audience and stoke the fire of their fears. That gets them listening to you. Point at a scapegoat and dump all the problems on it and, sell it as the cause for all the issues. Pretty soon, people will do your work. Find out what your target audience wants and then promise to deliver it. Just promise, you don’t have to deliver it just yet. You can point at the opposition later on and spout curses. Do all of this using simple words and violent rhetoric and people will love you.
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