official scapegoating in society theme
Someone in officialdom tries to divert public attention from, for example, themselves or a social problem by blaming or otherwise denigrating a different group of people.
4 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| pkded1x09 | choice | Irene accused a city government official of using the people living in invasive-technology-free bubbles as scapegoats to justify their policy positions. In general, we are invited to reflect on the extent to which the city government was using threats from possibly nonexistent terrorists to justify the use of privacy-invasive technologies. |
| futurama1x05 | major | The robot elders used humans as a scapegoat to distract the robot public from their real problems, like a crippling lug nut shortage. |
| pkded1x10 | major | A presidential candidate stoked hatred against people they labeled as "others" presumably in an effort to distract the public from her government's one party, mass surveilling ways. |
| tc1983e01 | minor | Ptolemy VIII, known also as Potbelly, had Eupator assassinated and blamed it on the Jews of Alexandria. |