Scapegoating conspiracism assigns hated groups responsibility for national troubles.

Evidence

Tribalism, we’ve said, fuels the new conspiracism. And tribalism is intimately related to scapegoating. The form scapegoating conspiracism takes is bare assertion, as when Trump declares, “The Mexican Government is forcing their most unwanted people into the United States … criminals, drug dealers, rapists.” The scapegoated targets of conspiracist charges are hated. They arouse animus and fury. The charge is simple: they bear responsibility for the nation’s troubles. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 139

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Scapegoating conspiracism offers only the satisfaction of pulling others down. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 142; Presidential scapegoating can make hate feel patriotic. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 149; Scapegoating is a group-coordinated ideological phenomenon. (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Scapegoating is a group-coordinated ideological phenomenon. #expands (0.82)
• Scapegoat movements exploit frustrated needs for esteem, belonging, and security. #expands (0.75)
• Merely classifying people into outgroups triggers dehumanization that enables scapegoating #expands (0.72)
• Group scapegoating has recurred against Jews, Irish, Chinese, Roma, and LGBTQ people #exemplifies (0.72) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 37
• Crisis-time scapegoating of religious out-groups masks political and economic causes #qualifies (0.72)