Alma 47
I don’t think that Amalikiah spent time stirring up the body of Lamanite society to anger against the Nephites – he focused on the leadership of the people this created the schism whereby he brought himself to power. Then he spent years indoctrinating the people until they desired war against the Nephites. i think he may have chosen to rule the Lamanites because when he tried to rule a part of the Nephites he was outnumbered by the more righteous Nephites. As ruler of the Lamanites he would be in command of more people than all the Nephites combined.