The easiest way to get people’s attention is to scare them Yuval Noah Harari, spokesman for the World Economic Forum: “So if you want to distract the public from problems like government corruption, voter fraud, high cost, a deteriorating health care system, or a deteriorating education system, the best thing to do is to find an external enemy that threatens the nation’s survival… therefore, very often , in a situation where there is no real threat, leaders create artificial threats.”