In times of trouble, rulers often use strange methods to keep their power. Imagine you are a ruler in charge of a country that is struggling. The economy is falling apart, people are suffering, and nothing seems to work. What would you do to stay in control of your country, even when it looks like everything is going wrong? Some rulers in history have faced this problem. They try to keep their power by using tricks and lies to make people believe they are doing the right thing. But often, these tricks only make things worse for the people.

One thing that rulers might do is use the same plans that worked for them in the past. Maybe they found a way to fool people once before, so they try it again. People can be easy to trick when they are scared or desperate. If a ruler can make them believe that things will get better, they might forget about the problems the country is facing.

A real example of this is when a ruler took land from people in a chaotic way. This ruler said it was to help the country, but it ended up causing more problems. The land they took was some of the best farming land in the whole country. Before, this land grew enough food to feed a lot of people, but after the ruler took it, the country could hardly grow enough food for itself. The ruler said they were doing it for the good of the people, but in reality, it was just a way to stay in power.

The problem was that the ruler’s party was not doing a good job. The economy was bad, and people were unhappy. So, the ruler needed a new plan. They made people believe that taking the land would fix everything. But this was just a trick to distract people from the real problems.

In 1999, a new political party came into the picture. This new party wanted to fix the problems that the ruling party had created. The ruling party was scared of losing power, so they had to act quickly. They started using ideas like taking land and making big promises, but these ideas did not solve any problems. Instead, they just kept people distracted long enough for the ruling party to stay in control.

The ruling party’s real goal was to keep things the way they were. They didn’t want things to change because they were benefiting from the situation. The people in power were rich and didn’t want to lose their wealth. They saw that the people were losing trust in them, so they pretended to care about the problems the people were facing. But their main goal was to make sure they stayed in control so they could continue to take what they wanted.

They came up with ideas like “Vision 2030” and other plans that sounded good on the surface. But these plans were just like the land-taking strategy—big promises that didn’t really help anyone. These promises were designed to make people believe things would get better, even though there was no real plan to fix the problems. These ideas were meant for people who didn’t understand what was really going on. They were a way to keep the ruling party in power without actually helping the country.

In the end, these kinds of strategies are like balloons full of air. They look big and important, but inside, there is nothing. They are used to distract people for a little while, but they don’t fix anything. The real goal is not to solve problems, but to give the rulers more time to keep their power. And as long as the people are distracted by these empty promises, the rulers can continue to do whatever they want without being stopped.