Amalickiah

The following is a great article on Amalickiah in the Book of Mormon. The point of the Article is that if the Book of Mormon contain a hundredth-part of the doings of the Nephites and if Mormon and Moroni claimed to have seen our day, and to know our doing; then there must be an important reason Mormon spent so much time telling us about baddies such as Amalickiah. Amalickiah is a prideful Nephite who used flattery, lies, fraud, propaganda, deceit, false-flag terror, murder, and war in an attempt to overthrow the free government of the Nephites. The point of the article is that we would be wise to watch out for similar similar evil schemers among us.

http://www.mormonchronicle.com/amalickiah-the-model-scheming-leader/