The Psychology of Scapegoating

 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201312/the-psychology-scapegoating#:~:text=A%20scapegoat%20usually%20implies%20a%20person%20or%20group%2C,witches%20in%20medi%C3%A6val%20Europe%2C%20are%20quite%20literally%20demonized.