> The question in my mind is who the scapegoat is going to be Step 1 - do dumb and harmful things to increase your popularity among ignorant supporters Step 2

> The question in my mind is who the scapegoat is going to be Step 1 - do dumb and harmful things to increase your popularity among ignorant supporters Step 2 - blame the innocent for the inevitable crisis Step 3 - use the crisis you created to justify more dumb and harmful things Step 4 - multiple crises cascade into catastrophe Step 5 - use the catastrophe to justify emergency powers, suspend due process, arrest political opponents, mobilize local militias to "restore law and order"