changingman
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100% - straight out of the far-right playbook. Trump did it fairly successfully and was a common trait for maintenance of order in Nazi Germany.
In effect it's about creating "the other" - a (usually under-represented or disenfranchised group) who can be blamed for all of society's ills, deflecting blame from the actual architects of all that is wrong with society, the government.
By and large it works as well - people would rather blame someone else than admit complicity in electing the current regime, this gets amplified continually by the press and no doubt picks up a few more supporters along the way.
In effect it's about creating "the other" - a (usually under-represented or disenfranchised group) who can be blamed for all of society's ills, deflecting blame from the actual architects of all that is wrong with society, the government.
By and large it works as well - people would rather blame someone else than admit complicity in electing the current regime, this gets amplified continually by the press and no doubt picks up a few more supporters along the way.