demagoguery theme

Someone, typically an aspiring popular leader or a "rabble-rouser", in a political context uses speeches, fine or incendiary words, rhetorical tricks and the like, to whip up the passions of the crowd.

Notes

It is often the case that the "crowd" consists of commoners and that they are being organized in opposition to an elite. This is not a logical necessity. The theme would also apply in a story if a group of aristocrats were being agitated against the lower classes, to take but one example.

5 total · 1 major · 4 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
tz1959e4x04 major Hitler schooled Peter in the rhetorical techniques of how to get crowds of people to buy into his message of hate.
bbf3x05 minor Nightwatch leader engaged in rabble rousing
tng3x02 minor Gosheven :: Gosheven
tos2x23 minor Melakon :: Melakon
tos3x15 minor Lokai :: Lokai