Praise posts : The things we love to blame

 By the things we need to blame, I mean the government, the media and our leader. These people, though hated, know exactly what they are doing and get the job done to a T.
  Take Barack Obama, for instance. He has done *beep*all since his presidency but he still one a nobel peace prize. Why? Because he knows how to manipulate the people. This is a skill so important that no politician would get anywhere without it. He could be like Hitler and people would love him because he would make them feel like what he wants to do is the right thing to do.
  In Terry Pratchetts 'Discworld' series there is a character called Lord Ventinari. He is the leader of a country that is basically a small scale model of the world. He is an amazing leader because he has a golden tounge. He plans not just what he'll do, but what everyone else will do in reaction. One of his more outrageous plans which works was to create a thiefs guild making thiefs be allowed to steal a certain quota from the town every year and, in return, stop any illegal thieving.
  The media are also exactly the same. They make you want what they sell. They entertain you with a jingle which you think of whenever you see the product and buy it for the laugh. Even the smaller branches of advertising are effective.For instance, one day I was in a car with some friends. A bulmers van drove by. I asked the driver if he'd ever had a bulmers. He told me that it had been a while but now he wants one, when he thinks about it. These little clicks are what make a product sell.