The greater the crime perpetrated by the leadership, the less likely it is that the people will ever believe their leaders to be capable of perpetrating such an event.
In a few days, newspapers can make a trivial incident in itself a dangerous issue that shakes the state, and it can also bring vital issues to the fore into oblivion, so that the public will soon forget them.
Cruelty impresses, people, want to be afraid of something. They want someone to whom they can submit with a shudder, the masses need that. They need something to dreed.
