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It's human nature and isn't unique to authoritarian societies. People prefer to know that a problem was caused by a villain rather than a systemic failure. Aut
by wefarrell 7y ago
It's human nature and isn't unique to authoritarian societies. People prefer to know that a problem was caused by a villain rather than a systemic failure.
Authoritarians are particularly good at getting people to take the blame.
- keanzu 7y ago> Authoritarians are particularly good at getting people to take the blame. Everyone is guilty of something, you can get people to take the blame for things they didn't do even in a democracy. "Most of the defendants were persuaded that they had repressed memories of the crime." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Six https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Six