Yes, yes they do. That has been a consistent thing over the last decade, maybe more. Completely fabricate problems to make people believe there is one.
Would making shit up work for you prior to established influence?
Yes. Happens all the time. That is exactly how it has worked recently. Look at the self declared Queen of Canada. She made it all up, lied through her teeth. Not charismatic, not wealthy, but knew how to just repeat bullshit until people believed it. Because they want to believe that someone else is the problem: bad parents, immigrants, whatever.
Yes, yes they do. That has been a consistent thing over the last decade, maybe more. Completely fabricate problems to make people believe there is one.
Yes. Happens all the time. That is exactly how it has worked recently. Look at the self declared Queen of Canada. She made it all up, lied through her teeth. Not charismatic, not wealthy, but knew how to just repeat bullshit until people believed it. Because they want to believe that someone else is the problem: bad parents, immigrants, whatever.