In doing so, they typically inflame passions against religious and ethnic minorities. For regimes that represent economic elites (and are often corrupt to the core), it is a ploy that pays off handsomely at the polls.
这样做往往能够煽动针对宗教和民族少数派的敌对。对于代表经济精英的政权（这样的政权往往从内到外都腐败透顶）来说，这是一个能带来可观民意好处的策略。