[FpUser]

>"Every time economy goes to the gutter, they make a speech about how "outside forces are trying to bring us down"

Thank you for discovering universal rule. If you read US/Canadian press for example you might find out that for any bad thing happening inside some evil foreign entities are responsible. Any government needs an enemy to take people's eye from their own f..k ups.

[_jal]

For extra credit, start paying attention to how wedge issues work. "Let's you and him fight" is probably the second-oldest trick in the book.