Through fiery rhetoric or utopian promises, politicians since ancient times have manipulated citizens into backing them.
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Ivan Tyrrell is an author, director of Human Givens College and editorial director of Human Givens journal.
Through fiery rhetoric or utopian promises, politicians since ancient times have manipulated citizens into backing them.