Why do you think dictators need to find scapegoats for their nation's ills?

Question: Why do you think dictators need to find scapegoats for their nation's ills!?
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Is not the propensity for men to shift the burden of failure from themselves to others the great hobgoblin of humanity!?

How many lives have been wasted when men refuse to acknolwedge their own faults and relegate their lives to squalor in self-denial!? How many nations have been run into the ground by men who refused to acknowledge their own destructive policies!?

This problem exists far beyond the boundaries of the political theory of totalitarian dictatorships!. It is a constant spectre that haunts the souls of every man who has ever walked the Earth!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I know the US does it, being that it's no longer a democracy!. It does a covert act against Americans and it knows the psychology of how people look for scapegoats to hate!. So in order to distract them as far away from the truth as they can, they'll have the media begin singling out a race of people and saying how bad they are, then they say it looks like they were responsible!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

1: Because it's easier to make people hate than to make them think

2: Because if they're busy enough hating the scapegoat, they don't notice things you do wrong

3: There's an ancient saying that "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"; the best way to unite people at each other's throats is to point out a common enemy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

well to rule you have to create fear!. Maybe these ones want to be in that circle so they can have the power or be close to it!. The country that they're enemies with spins them as scapegoats!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Because they are cowards who can't take responsibility so they are quick to blame anyone/anything/everything else besides themselves!.

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It is a way to retain power!. Look at Chavez in Venezuela, his country is in shambles they have all kinds of oil and he blames the United States, his best customer!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

most likely they have more plans than they want the public to see!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Off Course!.!.!. They always do, because they don't want to be blamed for all the troubles that there dictations had made!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

not just dictatorsWww@QuestionHome@Com

For the same reason presidents do!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

cause if they didnt they might actually be blamed!.!.!. duh :)Www@QuestionHome@Com