The Politics of Faking Success

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Tags: Democracy, Media and Culture

09/24/2026 Connor O'Keeffe

Trump showed how effective it can be to simply declare success and let supporters believe it. Other politicians are taking notes, even as the problems they all pretend to have addressed continue to grow.

Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/politics-faking-success

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