The Need for Scapegoats in All Forms of Oppressive Regimes

[Anomalocaris]

The use of scapegoating is common to all form of repressive government because it is common to all forms of government.   It is common to all forms of government because it is common to all form of human society.   It is unavoidable in human society because no society can continuously deliver on such positive promises as might be required to maintain its cohesion over the long term, so it must find other ways to preserve the society in the face of disappointment by setting itself apart from others while increasing the perceived cost for its members of drifting away.   We see this with theocracies, we see this with rightwing dictatorships, we see this with communist government, and we see this with democratic forms of government..