Demagoguery

The weapon of politics is demagoguery.

This is demagoguery.

This is all demagoguery.

Transphobic demagoguery inevitably ends up harming cis women like Imane Khelif.

Long before the energy crisis the debate over deregulation of natural gas prices raged stormily, stirring high emotions, demagogueries and mutual deceptions, and with literally billions of dollars at stake.

The desire for politicians who are sincere explains not only the strategic value of demagoguery (and hence the campaign choices of candidates like Trump who may not in fact believe their own demagogic bombast).