Until the world’s powerful people are eager and willing to lay out the actual systemic causes of societal problems, humanity will continue through the horrendous cycles of pointing at real or imagined problems; refusing to honestly face the root causes of problems; blaming scapegoats; and attempting to eliminate scapegoats until the next societal problem manifests or is invented.
The usual beginnings of scapegoating occur when institutional leaders–say monarchs, religious advocates, political aspirants, etcetera wish to advance a particular pet cause or to advance their rank. One or more minorities or outsiders who have difficulty speaking up in their own defense are singled out as the “fall guy”. Then, through repeated disinformation and misinformation campaigns, the public is inflamed by the institutional libels and slanders. Much of the public either cannot or will not see through the untruths due to confirmation bias. Soon, the typical torches and pitchforks reaction of the…
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