“Fixing and Unfixing It”- Unpacking the Lazy, Unproductive Politicking of Ghana Listen to article It is a truism that in politics, creating mass hysteria can be beneficial by way of the ballot box. If one can find an emotionally charged theme, sum it up with a few catchphrases and put it on the radar of the mass consciousness, one can ride it to the highest political pinnacle. Such a politician can use this emotionally charged issue like the red flag of a matador waved in front of a charging bull, and lure the bull (the public), literally to the death.