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==[[Real Life]]==
* Political and war [[propaganda]] is usually loaded with this, from almost all sides and towards all sides - but it is a particular tenet of fascist ideology, as described by Umberto Eco:
{{quote|...However, the followers must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak. [[Fascist but Inefficient|Fascist governments are condemned to lose wars because they are constitutionally incapable of objectively evaluating the force of the enemy.|Umberto Eco, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160319123249/http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/ Ur-Fascism]}}
* One of the old ones is "Black Legend", from England. Because everything would be just peachy in Americas - if not for those dastardly Spaniards who wrecked everything and slaughtered everyone.
* [[Scare Campaign]]s tend to be made of this trope.
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