Well I actually broke it down further than this, in my head. Effectively, what the guy's saying is "look, I know you feel like shit about being broke and powerless, but guess what? It's not your fault!"
And the audience is like: "
TELL ME MORE."
Speech maker: "See, you're a VICTIM. It was all those bad evil people who are preying on you."
Audience: "It's true it's true
"
Speech maker: "You've been wronged, but now is the time to RISE UP and FIGHT against these monsters!!"
Audience: "YES YES YES!"
Speech maker: "OK, so THESE are the villains, and YOU are the heroes!"
Audience: "Fantastic!!! Let's do this!!! Wait a second, so what are we doing?"
People are dumb and easily manipulated. What can I say. Make them feel good about themselves, and they lose their heads.