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Assume a TV channel, Pox News, uses lies to promote a low-IQ, senile authoritarian ruler named Conman J. Pump. Why does it succeed?
Conman J. Pump, the president of Trumpistan, is a man who has risen to power by playing upon the emotions and prejudices of his fellow citizens. In particular through manipulating their fear of terrorism and foreign migrant workers from poorer countries than theirs. Conman J. Pump was elected in 2016 following a campaign that spread lies about more qualified politicians such as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. The presidency followed an unsuccessful career in business (mostly bankruptcies) which he used to gain popularity among many poor white people with racist views towards black people, Latinos, Arabs etc.
Conman J. Pump has surrounded himself with politicians who are more extreme than him, such as the notorious Mike Pompeo, a racist who despises Muslims and equates torture to be an invaluable tool for the security services in finding terrorists. Conman J. Pump's message is simple: lower taxes on the rich while raising taxes on poorer people and immigrants alike. He also plans to scale back social security programs that help poor people pay for health insurance, food etc.
His supporters are generally uneducated and have trouble finding work due to automation, which has lowered the demand for unskilled labor. They also tend to be white people from poorer regions of America with little experience outside their small towns.
Conman J. Pump has used various fear tactics to gain popularity among those who are suffering economically from a loss of jobs caused by automation and globalization: he claims that immigrants take away their jobs and benefits without paying taxes, even though most poor people in the US pay little or no income tax at all.
He also claims that terrorists are hiding among the millions of refugees and immigrants from poorer countries, even though almost all terrorist attacks in America since 9/11 have been carried out by white American citizens.
He claims that the mainstream media, such as CNN and NBC News is fake news, even though every fact-checker has shown that he lies far more often than any politician in history. One can only imagine what he would do to promote his agenda if he had complete control over all three branches of government.