New Delhi, June 18 -- For an enterprising politician, perhaps the easiest political strategy nowadaysis to tell unhappy voters that they are victims-of the biased policies ofincumbent elites, of the schemes of other groups, of cunning foreigners.

This is especially true when the unhappy groupis a distinctive and (usually) large segment of the voting population, and when those being blamed either don't vote or constitute a small share ofthe electorate. As long as someone else can be blamed, the enterprising politician need not demand anything from unhappy voters; simply promising an end to their victimization would be enough.

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