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Scapegoating
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Etymology
Psychology
Scapegoating has an important role in mass formation, as highlighted by Mattias Desmet.
Selected examples
COVID-19

"Hunt for the non-vaccinated. There are 17 million more" on the front page of Maurizio Molinari's Repubblicca
Establishment figures explicitly scapegoated those who declined the COVID-19 jabs.[1]
Unfounded scientific claims were made about the efficacy of face masks, demanding that people wear them continuously when in public.
Related Quotations
Page | Quote | Author | Date |
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Enemy image | “[P]rojective identification ... in which all bad is located in another person who is then annihilated, only evacuates these feelings temporarily, and is ultimately destined to fail.” | Anna Motz | 2008 |
Joseph Goebbels | “Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets for hatred.” | Joseph Goebbels |
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