So, though scapegoating works, beyond a certain point it gets rather costly.
Washington's scapegoating of China could take the world to the brink of a very slippery slope.
So instead they are relying more on scapegoating prominent wrongdoers in the hope that this will deter others.
The argument about stolen jobs is “just a façade” for a coarser scapegoating, says Mr Rodriguez, and “we demonstrate the hypocrisy.”
As for scapegoating African-Americans; I seriously doubt the black population in Arizona (3.8% as per 2006 Census Bureau) is responsible for the gay ban there.