Blame It On The Boogie!
- Whenever there is an inconvenience or a problem, we instinctively seek a guilty party, a person or collective that can be blamed for the ordeal.
- This is a very human impulse to assign culprits to things that go wrong.
- When the economy is sluggish, it’s always due to bad policies and the bad people who make them, rather than hideously complex market interactions that even economists don’t understand.
- When the local football team has a disappointing season, it’s the failure of the coach, or the quarterback, or the management, or a lack of fan support.
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